pinpoints problems
SHEMIR WILES
Chronicle
Keeping an eye on crime in the neigh-
borhood doesn't have to be a task left up to
a neighborhood watch group.
With the Citrus County Sheriff's Office
crime-mapping tool, any individual can
learn valuable information about crime ac-
tivity in their area.
"It's all about community policing," Sgt.
Chris Evan with the crime prevention unit
said. "It's a great tool to know what's going
on. I always say 'knowledge is power."'
CrimeMapping is a browser-based inter-

active application that allows users to ac-
cess crime data in their neighborhoods.
The information, which is extracted from
the sheriff's office's records management
system, is updated daily with people being
able to view, at the most, 90 days worth of
data.
Since Oct. 2008, the application has been
available on the sheriff's office website
and Evan said many deputies and even
public service officers use the tool to keep
an eye on their communities.
Though it is helpful to law enforcement,
See CRIMES/Page A5
Citizens can check When and
where crimes have been committed
using a crime-mapping tool on the
Citrus County Sheriff's Office website,
www.sheriffcitrus.org.

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one to block

people out'
MIKE WRIGHT
Chronicle
Jimmie T Smith dropped out
of high school at age 17 to join
the Army. More than 20 years
later, he returned to his home-
town eager to get involved.
He joined Kiwanis. Smith
volunteered as a leader in the
Nature Coast Young Marines.
He became politically active in
the Republican Party and
wrote numerous letters to the
editor.
People urged him to run for
county commission but he de-
clined, saying he wasn't caught
up on the issues. But when the
election for state House of
Representatives rolled around
this year, Smith filed the pa-
perwork to run against incum-
bent Ron Schultz, one of Citrus
County's biggest political
names.
When the dust cleared, it
See SMITH/Page A7
Newly elected Florida House of
Representatives member Jim-
mie T. Smith took office Nov.
2. Smith is a 20-year military
retiree, and proudly displays
his dog tags and a personal
memento from his service on
his desk in Lecanto.
MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle

DAVE SIGLER/Chronicle
Rebecca Bays was elected to the Citrus County Commission.

Bays: It's about service, not a job

MIKE WRIGHT
Chronicle
Rebecca Bays knows about
work.
As an only child, young Re-
becca helped her father with
his logging and sawmill busi-
ness in southern Illinois across
the Missouri River from St.
Louis. She did whatever a 7-
year-old girl could do.

"We always said I was my fa-
ther's son," she said.
The family worked hard dur-
ing the week, and then at-
tended church together on
Sunday.
"My father took care of his
family," Bays said.
And then, when Rebecca was
11, her father was killed in a
See BAYS/Page A7

Kenney: Ready

for 'awesome

responsibility'
MIKE WRIGHT
Chronicle
There are two events of par-
ticular interest in John "JJ"
Kenney's life that shaped the
man he is today.
When JJ was 7 years old, he
watched from the front yard of
his suburban Philadelphia
home as workers unloaded fur-
niture from the house. His fa-
ther, unable to find work,
couldn't afford the mortgage
payments.
JJ and his family began a se-
ries of moves from one tempo-
rary location to another He
never forgot what it is like to be
poor.
After graduating high school,
his football coach said he was
a natural and worked to get
him enrolled at East Carolina
State. While waiting for that to
happen, a teenage-JJ was in-
stalling hardwood floors but
basically living aimlessly

BRIAN LaPETER/Chronicle
Bob Truax, right, greets JJ Kenney on Friday at Kenney's farewell
party at the Citrus County Resource Center. Kenney spent 11 years
as the county veterans' service officer and gets sworn In Tuesday
as a new county commissioner.

In November 1963, shortly
after the assassination of Pres-
ident John F Kennedy, Kenney
enlisted in the Marines and re-
ceived boot camp training at
Parris Island, S.C.
A few weeks into boot camp,
Kenney got news from East
Carolina State: He had been
accepted into college.
"I was ready to go. The
Marines had other ideas," Ken-

ney said.
Thus began a 23-year Marine
career that included two tours
of Vietnam.
After retiring from the mili-
tary, Kenney found himself liv-
ing in Citrus County. He spent
two years doing nothing "It
sucked," Kenney said -before
returning to employment in the

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CHRIS VAN ORMER
Chronicle
In honor of Veterans Ap-
preciation Week, Eber
Brown was the guest
speaker Wednesday at the
board ofdirectors' meeting
of the Citrus County Eco-
nomic Development Coun-
cil.
"I always wanted to be in
the service, and I had a ca-
reer in the Army," Brown,
who was 18 when he en-
listed, said. In all, he
served 30 years as a master
army aviator and served in
Korea and Vietnam.
During the business
meeting, the board agreed
to ask the Citrus County
Board of County Commis-
sioners on Nov. 16 to create
an ordinance for business
incentives. The county
must adopt an ordinance to
enable the EDC to offer in-
centive programs for a sys-
tem of relief from
advalorem or tangible
taxes to encourage new
businesses to come to the
county and to help existing
businesses expand.
Gary Maidhof, the
county's operations and
projects officer, said county
staff already had been put-
ting the ordinance together
"Perhaps we will have it
on the books by the end of
the year," Maidhof said.
County Commissioner
Joe Meek, president of the
EDC, said the ordinance
could be modified for spe-
cific types of industry be-
cause the criteria may not
fit every business.
Ron Lieberman asked
how many counties offer
these incentives.
"We would be on the cut-
ting edge," Maidhof said.
"The ordinance will be
flexible enough to be in-
dustry specific."
Maidhof said he had
been invited to speak to the
Highlands County Eco-
nomic Development Com-
mission about Citrus'
incentives and proposed
ordinance.
John Siefert, EDC execu-
tive director, said he had
met with his counterparts
in Hernando and Pasco
counties and identified
three issues they shared.
"We all want to bring
broadband to our coun-
ties," Siefert said.
In February, Withla-
coochee River Electric Co-
operative dropped out of a
federal grant application to
bring broadband to rural
counties when it decided it
would not be able to re-
cover its costs. Siefert and
the EDC have continued to
try to find ways to go ahead
withthe project He said
the three counties would
ask WREC to turn over the
workthey have done on the
project to them.
Siefert said Pasco and
Hernando had benefitted
from the construction of
the Suncoast Parkway
through their counties.
The third issue the three
counties had in common
was improving educational
opportunities in the region.
Randy Messer of ED.S.
Disposal asked the EDC to
give his company a letter of
support in a bid to pur-
chase land from Sumter
County, where the com-
pany already has pur-
chased the county's
compost digester
"It's a boost for Citrus
County, because it will cre-
ate jobs, reduce the use of
its landfill and reduce
greenhouse gases," Messer
said.
ED.S. Disposal has pre-
sented Sumter County a

letter of intent to purchase
the land, Messer said. The
land purchase would mean
the compost digester, a
large piece of equipment,
would not have to be
moved for about $750,000.
The board agreed to pro-
vide the letter of support
The EDC will not meet in
December Its next meeting
will be Jan. 26.

Belovedfonnrmer

coach honored

Saturday
SHEMIR WILES
Chronicle
People gathered Saturday
afternoon at Heritage Village
in Crystal River to pay trib-
ute to beloved teacher,
coach, principal and mentor
Archie Dabney
Cheers and applause
erupted as "coach" made his
way over to the crowd of for-
mer students and coworkers,
friends and family
"Man, it's mind-boggling,"
Dabney said, referring to the
"Coach Dabney Day" cele-
bration in his honor. "I told
them not to do it, but it's
great"
Dabney began his educa-
tion career in the school dis-
trict as a teacher at the
then-all-black Booker T
Washington School, which is
now Inverness Middle
School. There he coached
football, baseball, basketball
and track After schools were
integrated in the 1960s, he
moved to Crystal River High
School, where he taught sci-
ence and later worked as a
guidance counselor He also
coached football, basketball,

BRIAN LaPETER/Chronicle
Shirley Greene embraces Archie Dabney on Saturday at Heritage Village in Crystal River dur-
ing a gathering honoring the retired coach and educator. She ran track for Dabney at the
old Booker T. Washington School in the 1960s.

track and tennis. Dabney
was an assistant principal,
and later principal of
Lecanto High School, and
opened Citrus Springs Ele-
mentary School as a princi-
pal.
Dabney retired in 1995
and has been staying at the
Lake City VA Medical Center

after having complications
from diabetes.
For an hour, a steady
stream of people gave hugs,
reminisced and thanked him
for making a difference in
their lives.
"He means so much to
me," Andrew "Pop" Vickers
said. "He's just like a father

to me. I love him. I love him
all the way."
Vickers said Dabney was
his coach when he played
varsity football in high
school at Crsytal River High
School, and also his science
teacher. Just before a game,
Vickers said he remembered
how Dabney used to take

him out fishing. And ifVick-
ers ever got into trouble, like
the time he got in a fight in
Brooksville, he said Dabney
would always come get him
and carry him back home.
"He took care of me all
through school," he said.
Dabney cared about his
students and worked to
make sure every single one
of them made it to college,
Vickers said. He didn't give
up on any of his students,
even the ones who struggled,
and Tammy Hicks said she
was one of those students.
"If we had teachers like
him today ...our kids today
would be better off," she
said.
Hicks said Dabney was
her guidance counselor at
Crystal River High School in
the 1970s. At that time, she
said she was having a diffi-
cult time at home and was in
danger of flunking out of
high school. Dabney gave her
two choices: choose a path of
success or a path of failure.
With his patience and guid-
ance, she said she chose suc-
cess and not only graduated,
but graduated early.
The fact so many people
were in attendance for
"Coach Dabney Day" speaks
volumes about his impact,
she said.
"It's well deserved and
long overdue."

C)A

BRIAN LaPETER/Chronicle
Bonnie Walker, of Bullhead, Arlz., talks about her artwork called Dazzlers decorative pieces made from chrome and glass crystals that can
be hung In one's garden.

Special to the Chronicle
The soon to open Inverness
Farmers' Market will be a showcase
of locally grown goods with an edu-
cational and entertaining experi-
ence for visitors.
The market's grand opening is
from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov.
20, at the Inverness Government
Center. More than two years in the
making, the opening day will fea-
ture more than a dozen vendors.
Featured items will include fresh
fruits and vegetables, fresh herbs,
breads and pastries, homemade
soaps and lotions, honey, flowers,
plants, boiled peanuts and other

items. The market will also feature
cooking demonstrations, and edu-
cational exhibits covering a range
of topics, including proper plant se-
lection, organic gardening and tips
to protect the environment.
The market is a partnership be-
tween the city of Inverness and
Skoors Neighborhood Market.
After the grand opening, the mar-
ket will be open each month on the
third Saturday from November to
May; organizers hope that as the
market becomes popular, it can ex-
pand to more times a month and
possibly weekly.
Future plans include music and
other entertainment, reusable

shopping bags and the ability to
process food stamps.
The market has gained support
from the Tourist Development
Council, downtown merchants,
hundreds of residents and the
county's Agricultural Alliance.
Months of research and a survey by
the County Extension office pro-
vided valuable feedback in estab-
lishing a market.
Market managers at numerous
markets across the state were also
contacted for advice on starting one
locally.
Skoors owners LeRoy and
Stephanie Rooks will manage the
market while the city will provide
logistical and marketing support.
Skoors will also be one of the fea-
tured vendors, selling produce and

an organics-only booth.
An advisory committee met regu-
larly during the past year to develop
a market concept and plan. Com-
mittee members include County Ex-
tension Director Dr. Joan
Bradshaw; Matt Lenhardt, county
horticultural extension agent;
Danielle Ackermnnan of the Visitors &
Convention Bueau; Lace Blue-McLean,
incoming presidentofthe InvemessOlde
Ibwne Association; LeRoy Rooks; and
Dave Pieklik, assistantdirectorofsatellite
paits forthe city
Anyone interested in becoming a
vendor at the market or obtaining
more information may call LeRoy
Rooks at Skoors at 341-2777, e-mail
info@invernessfarmersmarketcom,
or log onto the market website at
www.invernessfarmersmarket.com.

Dandy day for Dabney

A4 SLINDAY, NovEMBER 14, 2010

Citrus County
Sheriff's Office
Arrests
Ryan Joseph Maguire, 20,
of 7555 E. Turner Camp Road,
Inverness, at 7:45 p.m. Saturday
on an active Citrus County war-
rant for a violation of probation on
original charges of dealing in
stolen property. No bond.
Louis Michael Lauro Jr.,
36, of 2889 S. Euclid Terrace,
Homosassa, at 1:35 a.m. Satur-
day on an active Citrus County
warrant for a violation of proba-
tion on original charges of pos-
session of cocaine and
possession of oxycodone. No
bond.
Fermin Anthony Martinez,
51, of 150 Alan Ave., Inglis, at
noon Monday on an active Citrus
County warrant for violations of
probation on original charges of
possession of cannabis (less
than 20 grams) and possession
of drug paraphernalia. No bond.
Donna Marie Triba, 46, of
27 S. Jefferson St., Beverly Hills,
at 4:16 p.m. Monday on a fugitive
from justice charges in reference
to a Massachusetts warrant for a
violation of probation on an orig-
inal charge of felony larceny. No
bond.
Alan Fredrick Blanken, 39,
of 9556 W. Cranberry St., Crystal
River, at 9:58 a.m. Tuesday on
an active Marion County warrant
for a charge of driving under the
influence (third offense within 10
years since prior conviction).
Bond $5,000.
Dennis Nicholas Damato,
54, of 3853 N. Everlasting Drive,
Inverness, at 11:16 p.m. Oct. 24,
on a Citrus County warrant for a
charge of exploiting the elderly.
Bond $10,000. (Editor's note:
This is not county commissioner
Dennis Damato.)
Randy Lee Fredette, 34, of
3970 Puffer Terrace, Spring Hill,
at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday on an ac-
tive Citrus County warrant for a
violation of probation on original
charges of burglary, grand theft
and criminal mischief. No bond.
Jennifer Lynn Creamer,
29, of 13210 Little Farms Drive,

Spring Hill, at noon Tuesday on
an active Citrus County warrant
for violations of probation on orig-
inal charges of dealing in stolen
property and providing false in-
formation to a pawnbroker. No
bond.
Patrick Joseph Curcio, 45,
of 2626 E. Marylue St., Inver-
ness, at 8;50 a.m. Tuesday on a
Citrus County warrant for a
charge of failure to return leased
property. Bond $2,000.
Melissa A. Strong, 28, of
8710 W. Mayo Drive 18, Crystal
River, at 9 p.m. Tuesday on ac-
tive Citrus County warrants for vi-
olations of probation on original
charges of possession of co-
caine and grand theft and for a
failure to appear on an original
charge of possession of drug
paraphernalia. No bond.
Markus Allen Knierim, 25,
of 8488 N. Sussex Drive, Citrus
Springs, at 8:04 a.m. Wednes-
day on a charge of possession of
drug paraphernalia. Bond $500.
Ronald Douglas Glover,
40, of 6954 S. Threshold Ave.,
Homosassa, at 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday on charges of traf-
ficking or endeavoring to traffic in
stolen property, grand theft auto,
providing false information to a
metal recycler and motor vehicle
title fraud. Bond $11,000.
Joshua Wayne McNall, 20,
of 7662 E. Spanish Trail, Floral
City, at 10:37 a.m. Wednesday
on a charge of retail petit theft.
Bond $250.
Tammy L. Williams, 38, of
9279 W. Sleepy Oak Court,
Crystal River, at 1:55 p.m.
Wednesday on charges of grand
theft, plan/manage/supervise
and traffic in stolen property and
providing false information to a
pawnbroker. Bond $17,000.
Tia Denean Graves, 44, of
10495 E. Rabbit Lane, Floral
City, at 2:01 p.m. Wednesday on
an active Citrus County warrant
for a violation of probation on an
original charge of possession of
oxycodone and methampheta-
mines. No bond.
Christina !L. Bingham, 30,
of 190 W. Keller St., Hemando,

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at 8:45 p.m. Wednesday on a
charge of felony petit theft. Bond
$2,000.
Domestic battery
arrests
Daniel Joseph Geoghe-
gan, 46, of Crystal River, at 2:03
a.m. Nov. 7, on a charge of do-
mestic battery. According to Ge-
oghegan's arrest report, a
64-year-old Crystal River man
said Geoghegan went to throw a
punch at him and he blocked it
with his arm, causing substantial
pain. No bond.
Shelly Ann Carbonara, 20,
of 29 E. Murry St., Beverly Hills,
at 12:18 a.m. Nov. 2, on a charge
of domestic battery. According to
Carbonara's arrest report, a 24-
year-old Beverly Hills man said
he was putting Carbonara's
clothes outside when she began
hitting him in the face. He report-
edly had bleeding wounds on his
face, but expressed that he didn't
want to press any charges. The
report stated that Carbonara said
she hit the man only after he
grabbed and twisted her arm. No
bond.
Kimberly Rochelle Sweet,
33, of Homosassa, at 10:02 a.m.
Oct. 31, on a charge of domestic
battery. According to Sweet's ar-
rest report, she told a deputy that
she slapped a 37-year-old Ho-

mosassa man across the face
during an argument. The man re-
portedly said Sweet hit him on
the leg with an open hand and
then punched him in the jaw dur-
ing a confrontation. No bond.
David E. Young, 28, of
Dunnellon, at 9:21 p.m. Nov. 5,
on a charge of domestic battery.
According to Young's arrest re-
port, a 39-year-old Dunnellon
woman said Young pushed her
in the bathroom, causing her to
fall over the toilet and strike her
head in the bathtub. Awitness re-
portedly corroborated the
woman's story. No bond.
Brandy Ann Debritto, 27,
of Inverness, at 2:45 a.m. Nov. 5,
on a charge of aggravated as-
sault with a deadly weapon. Ac-
cording to Debritto's arrest
report, a 30-year-old Inverness
man said Debritto grabbed a
knife and began yelling at him as
she advanced toward him during
an argument. The man report-
edly said he thought Debritto was
going to stab him and he was in
fear for his life. According to the
report, Debritto said the man
grabbed her by the arm and
slammed her head against a
chair, but she denied having
pulled a knife. No bond.
Danny L. Green, 27, of Ho-
mosassa, at 2:33 a.m. Oct. 31,

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on charges of domestic battery,
burglary with battery and criminal
mischief. According to Green's
arrest report, a 24-year-old Ho-
mosassa man said Green kicked
in his front door, walked into his
bedroom and began punching
him in the back of his head. A 17-
year-old Homosassa girl then re-
portedly said she left the house
with Green, but Green pulled
over after leaving the house,
threw her on the ground and
punched her in the stomach. Ac-
cording to the report, Green de-
nied hitting anyone. No bond.
Jesse J. Jokisch, 25, of
3303 N. Lakeview Dr., Tampa, at
12:51 a.m. Oct. 31, on charges
of domestic battery and battery.
According to Jokisch's arrest re-
port, a 24-year-old Lecanto
woman said she was at a Hal-
loween party when Jokisch at-
tacked her and began beating
and biting her. A 24-year-old
Mishawaka, Ind., woman report-
edly said she went to break up
the fight when Jokisch struck her
in the face. The report stated that
Jokisch first said the Lecanto
woman attacked him, but later
said that he bit her. No bond.
Odell Kenyon, 18, of 76 S.
Washington St., Beverly Hills,
and Cynthia Lynn Sexton, 41,
of Lecanto, at 9:43 p.m. Oct. 31,
on charges of domestic battery.
According to Kenyon and Sex-
ton's arrest reports, a deputy re-
sponded to a call in reference to
a battery. The deputy reportedly
made contact with a 21-year-old
Lecanto man who appeared dis-
oriented and was bleeding from
his lip. According to the report,
the man said he was involved in
an altercation with Kenyon and
Sexton. A 16-year-old Lecanto
girl reportedly said she saw Sex-

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ton strike the man, causing him
to fall to the ground. Sexton said
she struck the man, but only in
self-defense, the report said.
Kenyon reportedly admitted to
also hitting the man several
times and seeing Sexton hit the
man several times. No bonds.
Tamara Moore, 30, of In-
verness, at 8:55 p.m. Nov. 4, on
a charge of domestic battery. Ac-
cording to Moore's arrest report,
a 41-year-old Inverness man
said Moore struck him in the
face. The deputy noted in the re-
port that Moore had blood and
several lumps all over his face.
Moore reportedly said the man
struck her in the face. She also
had swollen spots and blood on
her face, the report said. No
bond.
Gary Dean Sturgill Jr., 29,
of Inverness, at 3:35 a.m. Nov. 4,
on a charge of felony domestic
battery by strangulation. Accord-
ing to Sturgill's arrest report, a
29-year-old Inverness woman
said Sturgill woke up from a
dream, began screaming at her
and then began choking her. The
woman also reportedly said
Sturgill grabbed her by her hair,
threw her around and punched
her in the face. The report stated
that Sturgill said the woman
punched him. No bond.
Chad Warren Ross, 30, of
Inverness, at 11:35 a.m. Nov. 3,
on a charge of violation of condi-
tion of pre-trial release and ag-
gravated domestic battery.
According to Ross' report, a
deputy said Ross used an alu-
minum walking cane to strike a
58-year-old Inverness man in the
head, right shin and left foot,
which violated his pre-trial re-
lease conditions in an unrelated
case. No bond.

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TALLAHASSEE After faring
about as well in this year's elec-
tions as the 1-7 Dallas Cowboys
have in the NFL so far this season,
Florida Democrats are consider-
ing turning to a familiar player to
turn things around.
Fresh off an unsuccessful run as
Alex Sink's lieutenant governor,
former state Sen. Rod Smith
emerged this week as the front-
runner to replace Florida Demo-
cratic Party Chairwoman Karen
Thurman, who waited until the
week's end to announce she was
going the way of fired Cowboys
coach Wade Phillips.
Thurman remained silent as
talks about her replacement
mounted this week And when she
finally confirmed she was step-
ping aside, she said it was because
she wanted to spend more time
with her family.
"After many months of reflec-
tion and discussion with my fam-
ily, our staff, and many of you, I
have decided to retire as Chair of
the Florida Democratic Party,"
she wrote in a letter to demoral-
ized Florida Democrats.
Thurman made no mention that
the party she was leaving had just
lost a fourth straight governor's
race, as well as all three statewide
Cabinet contests. Nor did she
mention the Republicans' new su-
permajorities in both chambers of
the Legislature. As the jockeying
to replace her kicked into high
gear this week, others were more
than willing to bring up 'those is-
sues and did so, a lot
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, the lone
Democrat still standing as a
statewide elected official, quickly
made his choice known: Miami-

Dade Democratic Chair Richard
Lydecker. The name of outgoing
House Democratic Leader
Franklin Sands, who remains in
the Legislature, was floated too -
by Sands himself.
Hillsborough state committee-
man Alan Clendenin, who re-
leased a prescription for healing
what ails the party in a plan he put
on the Web, was touted too, as was
Pasco County Democratic Chair
Alison Morano, state party vice-
chairman Rhett Bullard and for-
mer state Rep. Loranne Ausley.
The former Tallahassee represen-
tative was last seen bicycling to
defeat in the race to replace Dem-
ocratic Chief Financial Officer
Alex Sink.
But by week's end it looked like
Democrats were preparing to turn
the playbook over to former state
Sen. Rod Smith, who is fresh off a
turn as Sink's running mate in the
party's latest unsuccessful attempt
to wrest control of state govern-
ment from the elephants in
charge. It doesn't take an ele-
phants' memory to remember that
Smith was touted as helping Sink
reach out to rural Panhandle vot-
ers, the same group he tapped
during his own unsuccessful bid
for the party's 2006 gubernatorial
nomination.
Smith did not immediately take
the hand-off this week. But it was
pretty clear he was waiting with
open arms for the ball to come his
way
"The challenges are daunting,"
Smith said. "But the pendulum al-
ways swings back."
For now, though, the pendulum
remains with the ruling Republi-
cans, who made it clear again this
week they intend to use it when
they return Nov. 16 to organize
themselves and hold a special ses-

sion to override vetoes on up to
nine bills. They're swinging as
much at outgoing Gov. Charlie
Crist, who left the party to run for
U.S. Senate as an independent, as
they are at the demoralized Dems.
The new governor
(not yet) in town
comes to town
An unlikely victim of the veto-
fest is Gov-elect Rick Scott, who
came to Tallahassee this week to
meet with lawmakers' intended
target: Crist.
Lawmakers are looking to re-
vive a measure (H.B. 5611) that
would take oversight of the state's
oft-maligned Department of Man-
agement Services away from the
new chief executive. Legislative
leaders want to place DMS under
the control of the governor and the
state's three Cabinet members, in-
stead of just Scott himself, as it
would be now under current law.
Speaking to reporters, Scott
shrugged off the probable power
grab, saying he was focusing his
attention on creating jobs.
"I don't think anybody's trying to
go after my power," Scott said of
legislative leaders. "They're fol-
lowing through on things they be-
lieve in."
As for his beliefs, Scott said he
was eager to follow his ubiquitous
campaign slogan and get to work.
"The reason I won the election
is over one issue: And that's get-
ting us back to work," Scott said.
"My whole goal and the things I'm
going to focus on when I take of-
fice is how we're going to get this
state back to work"
The old guy in charge, Crist, did
not have much advice for dealing
with a Legislature that is likely to
be less hostile to Scott as it is to
him. But the self-proclaimed peo-

pie's governor did tell the people's
soon-to-be governor to "work
hard...Do the best you can. Enjoy
the job. It's a great gig."
Crist said he looks forward to
his next gig as a private citizen but
declined to say specifically
whether he'll run for office again
- though he hinted he might.
"There is a lot to do and I'm only
54," Crist said. "I look forward to
it. So, we'll see you around."
Hats off to U.S. Rep.
Frederica Wilson.
Now hats off!
Soon-to-be U.S. Rep. Frederica
Wilson, now a state senator from
Miami, said she had no intention
of complying with a rule banning
hats on the floor of the U.S. House,
whether presumptive House
Speaker John Boehner likes it or
not.
"I'm just going to dress the way
I normally dress," Wilson said this
week. "If they tell me I can't, well,
there's going to be a problem."
Perhaps Wilson is brimming
with confidence that her hats will
survive the transition from Talla-
hassee to the nation's capital.
After all, she has survived similar
assaults before. When she was
elected to the state Senate in 2002,
former Sen. Anna Cowin raised
the issue of whether members
were allowed to wear hats on the
floor. Then-Senate President Jim
King asked Cowin if there was a
good reason to ban the attire.
"She said I might be sitting in
front of somebody and they might
not be able to see," Wilson, a De-
mocrat in an overwhelmingly Re-
publican Senate, recalled this
week
"She's going to be sitting on the
back row anyway," Wilson recalled
King saying in dismissing the

issue.
Now a Democrat in an over-
whelming Republican U.S. House
- where the political parties are
separated by an aisle, not proxim-
ity to the front of the chamber -
Wilson won't have the same
defense when she gets to Wash-
ington, D.C.
Ten years flies by when
you're having fun
This week marked the 10th an-
niversary of the now infamous
Florida recount in the 2000 presi-
dential election, when the world
began waiting for "Florida,
Florida, Florida," as late NBC an-
chor Tim Russert wrote on an
election night chalkboard when
asked where the race would be
decided.
Several former recount players,
including Bush lawyer Barry
Richard, Gore lawyer Dexter Dou-
glass, former Supreme Court Jus-
tice Harry Lee Anstead, current
Supreme Court Justice Jorge
Labarga, and then-circuit court
Judge Nikki Clark discussed the
frenetic process in a program in
Tallahassee put on by The Village
Square.
STORY OF THE WEEK: De-
mocrats continued searching for
answers and a new leader as
party chairwoman Karen Thur-
man made her resignation official.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "It's
kind of like becoming the head
coach of the Dallas Cowboys," Rod
Smith on the possibility of assum-
ing the helm of the Florida Demo-
cratic Party.
In most years, that would be
considered a big compliment This
year, not so much.
It's not entirely clear if the in-
sult is worse for the politicians or
the football team.

TO USE CRIMEMAPPING
* Go online at www.sheriffcitrus.org.
* Click on the public information link at the top of the
page, then click on the CrimeMapping Citrus
County link at the left.
* Refine your search by inserting addresses or regions,
types of crimes, specific dates, etc.

CRIMES
Continued from Page Al

Evan said he believes not as
many regular citizens take
advantage of the crime-
mapping tool as they should.
"I think a lot of citizens
don't know about it," he
said. "I don't think they're
familiar with it"
To get to the tool, one
must visit www.sheriffc-
itrus.org and click on the
"Public Information" tab at
the top of the page, then
"CrimeMapping Citrus
County."
Once access to the inter-
active application has been
achieved, users can learn
about and produce detailed
reports of criminal activity
near a specific address; by
parks, schools, churches
and other significant land-
marks; and within neigh-
borhoods and other
particular boundaries.
The colorful, cartoonish
icons, which pinpoint the lo-
cation of a crime, each have
graphics on them to repre-
sent a kind of crime. Simply
clicking on the icon will re-
veal a case number, date,
time and address of the
crime, a description and
what the specific crime is.
For example, a syringe in-
dicates a drug/alcohol viola-
tion; a dollar sign shows a
theft/larceny crime; an eye
mask means a burglary oc-
curred; and the figure of a
person in a prone position
means homicide.
"There is a selection for
everything." Evan said.
People can also look at
clusters of criminal activity,
examine patterns within a
specific area, find out how
far a crime occurred from
their home or even see a
satellite image of an area's
geography.
However, Evan said that
people should be cautious
and not become too excited
right away when they see
any type of activity in their
neighborhood or notice a
trend.
"You shouldn't take it at
face value," he said.
For instance, someone
could be from a different
town and was just driving
through when they were
stopped for a particular of-
fense. Or, Evan explained,
that an incident could be
first slugged as a burglary,
but later turn out to be a

civil matter.
- To .find outmore informa-
tion about the crime, he said
people should call the
records clerk for more de-
tails.
Karen Huscher, a public
service officer on the west
side of the county, said the
crime-mapping tool actually
helps her discover which
areas need extra law en-
forcement presence.
"Our patrol in these areas
not only helps our neighbor-
hoods feel more secure and
safe, but tells the criminals
that we the sheriff's of-
fice are not going to toler-
ate their behavior and
crimes, and we are looking
for them," she said.
Later, Huscher said she
could also use the tool to see
if the extra patrolling is de-
creasing crime in an area.
Sgt Charles Tepe, an east-
side public service officer
and a training and stan-
dardization officer, said
through the crime-mapping
tool, he has learned that
crime can happen any-
where.
"Crime can happen right
next door or up the street,"
he said.
By receiving automatic
free e-mail alerts, Tepe said
he definitely stays more
aware of the activity in his
neighborhood. He also said
he likes to look at other
agencies' maps in nearby
counties and even across
the country
Evan said it could be a
handy tool to use before a
vacation. If a law enforce-
ment agency in the area
you're planning to visit uses
the CrimeMapping pro-
gram, you can browse the
community you may be stay-
ing in to see what kind of
criminal activity is in the
area.
No matter where anyone
lives, Evan said crime
would always be a concern.
Some people may think Cit-
rus County doesn't have
crime, but that's not true.
"We always have crime,"
he said.
Therefore, people need to
not only be more aware of
their surroundings, but
Evan explained that people
need to report crime more
often so the data becomes
more reflective of the actual
state of affairs in the county.
"If they (people) never
call, it never happened," he
said. "We need them to give
us feedback."

Bush on post-presidency: 'I miss being pampered'

Associated Press

THE VILLAGES For-
mer President George W.
Bush doesn't miss much
about the White House -
except the pampering.
In a rally Saturday at The
Villages, a sprawling cen-
tral Florida retirement
community, Bush remi-
nisced about the luxuries of
America's highest office, in-
cluding the convenience of
Air Force One and never
waiting in traffic jams.
He recalled, in the days
after leaving office, being
told by his wife Laura that
doing dishes was his new

domestic policy agenda.
And he described how odd
it felt taking his dog Barney
for a post-presidential
walk, plastic bag in hand.
"I really don't miss much
about the presidency,"
Bush told a crowd of more
than 3,000 people. "I miss
being pampered."
The 43rd president said,
most of all, he missed being
commander in chief of the
U.S. military.
"Imagine what it was
like to return the salute of
men and women," he said
in his 30-minute speech.
Bush also described his

"love-at-first-sight" moment
when he first met Laura,
and he spoke at length
about the 9/11 attacks.
"I still hear the voices of
the loved ones searching
for survivors," he said.
The Villages is heavily
Republican and many in
the crowd waved American
flags or wore hats noting
their military service.
Some who gathered to hear

Bush speak said he has
been unfairly blamed for
the country's problems.
"I think all presidents get
a bum rap," said Linda
Zwick, 60.
"I think he made deci-
sions to keep our country
safe."
Bush is on a national tour
promoting his new memoir,
"Decision Points."

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WASHINGTON Where to live?
Whom to hire? What's a voting card
- and where are the bathrooms?
More than 90 members of Congress
arrive in Washington this coming
week for the first time since winning
election, trading the loftiness of cam-
paign speeches for mundane lessons
in how to do their new jobs.
It's freshman orientation on Capi-
tol Hill, and the larger-than-usual
class of 2010 is getting a crash course
on how to navigate the next two years.
Talk of changing the nation's direc-
tion? That's on the back burner for
now. The newly elected -85 Republi-
cans, a meager nine Democrats -
need actual directions around their
new workplace.
Instead of American exceptional-
ism, his election night theme, Rep.-
elect Tim Scott, R-S.C., is focused on
Washington's exceptional rental
prices.
"Nothing here is affordable, is what
I've learned," says Scott, who might
share an apartment with classmates.
Rep; Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., told
supporters in his victory speech that
he would "stand strong in the epic bat-
tle that we have in front of us to take
back our country" But come Monday,
Kinzinger will be looking for a one-
bedroom apartment, setting up an in-
terview with a prospective chief of
staff and figuring out whether he
wants to deal with a commute or live
within walking distance of the Capitol.
Even before the freshmen learn
lawmaking, they'll be figuring out how
to live with a new set of rules, customs
and rituals. Here to help: an array of
congressional committees and veter-
ans, and a constellation of foundations
and lobbyists.
The second-ranking Republican,
Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, had a
144-page book in the mail to new
members within hours of Election
Day. "Hit The Ground Running"' ex-
plains the nuts and bolts of setting up
a congressional office, hiring staff,
managing the office budget and being
an employer. It also offers some gen-
eral rules of the road.
"Do: Get answers for any ethical
questions you may have if you are in
doubt," according to the manual, an

updated version of one originally sent
out by former House Republican
leader Dick Armey, R-Texas.
"Don't: Completely disappear from
the public" between Election Day and
the new Congress. "Even though you
won't take office until January, many
of your constituents will view you as
their member of Congress."
Lodgings? Taken care of-- at least
for this week The House Administra-
tion Committee, charged with the
House's day-to-day operations, is put-
ting the group up at the LEnfant Plaza
Hotel and shuttling the members to
and from the Capitol.
Food? Virtually everywhere the in-
coming lawmakers go during their
Sunday-to-Friday stay Receptions,
working lunches and welcome din-
ners dot the schedule. In between,
members-to-be attend seminars on
everything from setting up an office to
hiring, and how the electronic voting
system works on the House floor.
A schedule obtained by The Associ-
ated Press shows a wow-worthy social
schedule.
The freshmen will hear from
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-
Calif., on Sunday and dine with the
man in line to replace her, Ohio Re-
publican John Boehner.
Pelosi hosts an open house Monday
in what, for now, is her Capitol suite.
Dinner follows next door in magnifi-
cent Statuary Hall, according to the
schedule. There also are special
events for their aides and spouses.
The Congressional Management
Foundation, a nonprofit group
funded by dozens of corporations and
industry groups with business before
Congress, is hosting a reception Mon-
day and, two days later, a seminar,
"Navigating the First 90 Days."
"Everyone has told me expect
more information than you can pos-
sibly digest, but just take good notes,"
said Rep.-elect Cedric Richmond of
Louisiana, one of the few Democrats
who will be attending.
A rare Democratic face in a sea of
Republicans, Richmond said he's ex-
cited to meet and interview some of
the most respected and experienced
Capitol Hill staffers in the party -
newly jobless after their bosses lost
their re-election battles.
It's all a little overwhelming to some.

"What I'll probably do is sleep in my
office for a little while until I can find
a like-minded freshman to room
with," said Rep.-elect Bobby Schilling,
R-Ill., a pizza shop owner who has no
intention of moving his wife and 10
children to Washington.
Rep-elect Nan Hayworth, R-N.Y, is
way ahead of many of her colleagues.
She's landed an experienced chief of
staff who found her an apartment two
blocks from the Capitol.
But she has to get office space -
there's a room draw Friday and fig-
ure out how to work effectively in Con-
gress' often slow and tedious culture.
"I'm a surgeon," said the ophthal-
mologist-turned congresswoman.
"We're used to acting on the evidence
expeditiously."
For some, the education in the
quirks, perks and pressures of Con-
gress has begun.
Florida tea party candidate Allen
West, for example, is looking for a
replacement for his chief of staff.
The Republican's chosen candi-
date, conservative radio host
Joanne Kaufman, first accepted,
then rejected the job Thursday
after reports surfaced of Kaufman's
incendiary on-air comments, which
included calling Pelosi "garbage."
Also Thursday, all 300 Broward
County schools were locked down
for a few hours after Kaufman's sta-
tion, WFTL, received what police
said was a threatening e-mail from
a man who said he felt a connec-
tion to the talk show host.
West issued a statement saying
he deeply regretted Kaufman's de-
cision to turn down the job.
The fishbowl-like nature of their
new post they're apt to be trailed
and peppered with questions by
packs of reporters and news pho-
tographers may not have sunk in
for some freshmen.
Rep.-elect Sean Duffy, R-Wis., a
reality show star in 1997, now
wants to shun the national media
in favor of local news outlets until
he takes his oath of office in Janu-
ary
"Just about every media outlet
has called wanting to talk to him, so
it's about the fairest way to handle
it," his spokeswoman, Wendy
Reimann, said in an e-mail.

Government sells spoils of lavish life

Auction clears Madoffhome

Associated Press

NEW YORK Anyone
wanting to walk in the
shoes of fallen financier
Bernard Madoff is in luck:
Thousands of belongings
from his New York City
penthouse, including his
used shoes, went on the
auction block Saturday.
A 1917 Steinway grand
piano from his living room
went for $42,000 six
times the minimum esti-
mate of $7,000. The buyer
was an 81-year-old Long Is-
land real estate executive.
"I've got loads of pianos,
but this one has history -
it'll make an interesting
conversation piece," said
John Rodger, an amateur
pianist who will keep the
Steinway in his home in
East Islip.
The Manhattan sale is
the last auction in New
York of Madoff belongings.
A third and final auction is
to be held in Florida to
sell off items from a Palm
Beach home that went for
more than $5.5 million last

month.
Three hours into the
New York auction, the
highest bid was for an oil
painting by the late Amer-
ican artist Frederick Carl
Frieseke that sold for
$47,500. A stainless-steel
Rolex watch with an oyster
band sold for $40,000,
against an estimate of
$65,000 to $70,000.
When Madoff was ar-
rested two years ago, U.S.
marshals seized every-
thing in the apartment and
his Long Island beach
house: worn socks, new
monogrammed boxer
shorts, Italian velveteen
slippers bearing the ini-
tials "BLM" in gold em-
broidery. All of it is being
sold.
The disgraced 72-year-
old convict is behind bars
for life in a North Carolina
prison.
His wife, Ruth Madoff,
was ordered to leave their
home. Her diamond en-
gagement ring was up for
sale Saturday, worth at
least $300,000, but ex-

pected to fetch far more.
The auction started in
the morning in a ballroom
of the Sheraton New York
Hotel & Towers at fever
pitch.
Buyers raised their
hand to signal a bid ac-
companied by a bloodcur-
dling shout from one of the
bid-spotters from Texas if
it was a winning price.
Their swaggering style
- as if herding bulls in-
stead of selling them -
seemed appropriate for a
sale of the belongings of a
Wall Street trader who
cherished the winning
bull in every form. He
bought statues and paint-
ings of them, and even
named his boats "Bull,"
"Sitting Bull" and "Little
Bull."
A leather bull foot stool
- including a tail that had
broken off sold for
$3,300, against a pre-sale
estimate of $250 to $360.
The Madoffs apparently
didn't make much room
for house guests.
The auction included
their early 19th-century
bed with fabric hangings
and "intense sun fading,"

at a pre-auction estimate
of $8,000 to $11,400.
"Just $500?" the incred-
ulous auctioneer, Bob
Sheehan, said of the first
bid, adding, "This was the
only bed in the whole
house, I'm not kidding!
$500? My God, it's not a
pullout."
It sold for $2,250.
Madoff loved shoes. He
owned about 250 pairs,
many never worn made
in Italy, France, Belgium
and England.
Auction proceeds, ex-
pected to top $1.2 million,
will go to more than 3,000
clients Madoff swindled in
a multibillion-dollar Ponzi
scheme.

Dean
Bonsall, 83
CITRUS SPRINGS
The Service of Remem-
brance for Rev. Dean Allen
Bonsall, age 83 years, of Cit-
rus Springs, Florida, will be
held 11:00 am, Wednesday,
November 17, 2010, at the
First Baptist Church of In-
verness with Rev. Donnie
Seagle, Rev. Chris Whaley
and Rev. Jared Heatherly
officiating. Interment will
follow at Florida National
Cemetery, Bushnell,
Florida. The family will re-
ceive friends from 4 to 7:00
pm Tuesday at the Inver-
ness Chapel of Hooper Fu-
neral Homes. The family
requests expressions of
sympathy take the form of
memorial donations to First
Baptist Church, Inverness
or Hospice of Citrus County.
Online condolences may be
sent to the family at
www. HooperFuneral-
Home.com.
He was born December
23, 1926, in Grampian, PA,
son of Ivan and Violet
(Seger) Bonsall and moved
to Citrus Springs in 1992
from Westport, MA. He died
November 12, 2010, in Cit-
rus Springs, FL.
Mr. Bonsall was an Army
veteran serving during
World War II. He was a pas-
tor in New York State Bap-
tist churches for 20 years
and Pastor of Calvary Bible
Church in Massachusetts for
20 years before moving to
Florida. Rev. Bonsall was a
member of First Baptist
Church of Inverness, where
he was a member of the Pas-
tor's class. He attended
Moody Bible Institute.
Rev. Bonsall was pre-
ceded in death by his par-
ents, 3 brothers and 2
sisters. Survivors include
his wife of 58 years, Char-
lene Bonsall, Citrus
Springs; 2 sons: Gerald Bon-
sall, Saint Albans, Vermont;
Chris William Bonsall, Mid-
dleboro, MA; a daughter:
Cheryl Puryear,
Bartlesville, OK; and 4
grandchildren. Arrange-
ments are under the direc-
tion of Hooper Funeral
Homes & Crematory.

Charlotte
Mohr, 92
INVERNESS
Charlotte Elizabeth Mohr,
age 92, Inverness, died
Thursday, November 11,
2010, at her residence under
the loving care of her family
and HPH Hospice. A Fu-
neral Service of Remem-
brance will be held on
Monday, Nov 15th, at 3:00
PM at the
Chas. E.
Davis Fu-
: neral Home
, with Rev.
.j- i Steven Rid-
X dle of the
o Floral City

Chlo ~Methodist
Charlotte Church offi-
Mohr citingn. Bur-
ial will
follow on Friday in Harri-
son, MI. The family will re-
ceive friends in visitation
from 1:00 PM until the hour
of service at the funeral
Home.
Charlotte was born on Au-

Fannie (Blackburn) Barbe
and came to this area in
1996 from Harrison, MI. She
was employed as a meat
wrapper at the Food Fair
Grocery Store in Royal Oak,
MI. Charlotte enjoyed trav-
eling, reading and doing
puzzles. She was an excel-
lent seamstress and also
liked to crochet. Her mem-
berships include Interna-
tional Order of Foresters,
The Amaranth and Order of
Eastern Star of Floral City.
She was a member of Floral
City United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include two
sons, Ronald MacKay,
Phoenix, AZ; Harry Poland,
Madison Heights, MI; six
daughters, Nancy Richards,
Inverness; Denise MacKay,
Sacramento, CA; Wilma
Heller, Middletown, OH;
Sheryl Bailey, Emmett,
Idaho; Judy Kitchen,
Phoenix, AZ; and Marcella
Valle, Floral City, FL; sev-
eral grandchildren, great-
grandchildren and one
great-great-grandchild. She
was preceded in death by
her husband, 4 brothers and
4 sisters. In lieu of flowers,
the family suggests memo-
rial contributions to the Cys-
tic Fibrosis Foundation.
Sign the guest book at
wwwchronicleonline.com.

Velma
Wilson, 97
LECANTO
Velma Jane Wilson, 97,
Lecanto, died Nov 11, 2010,
in the Hospice Unit of Cit-
rus Memorial hospital. A na-
tive of Paulding County, OH,
she was born Oct 26,1913, to
the late Elmer and Ola (Ack-
erman) Connin and moved
to Citrus Co.
in 1995 from
Naples, FL.
She was em-
S played for
25 years by
S the City of
Springfield,
OH, in the
Velma tax depart-
Wilson ment and
was a mem-
ber of the Hernando Church
of The Nazarene. Velma en-
joyed reading, sewing and
quilting.
She is survived by her
husband of 63 years, Archie
M. Wilson; two daughters,
Dotty (Marvin) Small, Ho-
mosassa, FL, Judith Ann
Wilson, Beverly Hills, FL;
her sister, Darlene Fritz,
Mesa, AZ; 4 grandchildren,
10. great-grandchildren, 2
great-great-grandchildren.

Carson, Dwight and Elmer
Connin and Audrey Niebel
and Iona Mae Cowan.
Funeral services will be
conducted on Thursday,
Nov 18th, at 10:00 AM from
the Hernando Church of
The Nazarene with pastor
Randy Hodges officiating.
Following cremation, her
urn will be placed in the
columbarium of Florida Na-
tional Cemetery. In lieu of
flowers, memorials re-
quested to Hospice of Citrus
County or Hernando
Church of The Nazarene.
Sign the guest book at
wwwchronicleonline.com.

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AMANDA MIMS
Chronicle
A 78-year-old man
from The Villages has
died following a Friday
night crash on State
Road 44 near Crystal
River.
The 35-year-old Cit-
rus County Sheriff's Of-
fice deputy injured in
the crash has been re-
leased from Shands
Hospital in Gainesville,
according to sheriff's of-
fice spokeswoman Gail
Tierney.
The Florida Highway
Patrol did not immedi-
ately release the name
of the elderly man, who
died after being flown to
a hospital.
The crash happened
at about 7 p.m. when the
man attempted to turn
left out of the Publix
parking lot onto S.R. 44
in a 1993 GMC pickup,

according to an FHP
press release.
He reportedly pulled
out in front of Deputy
Todd Cridland, who was
on duty and traveling
east in the inside lane of
S.R. 44 in a 2010 Ford
Crown Victoria patrol
car.
Cridland's car hit the
left side of the truck and
the truck was pushed
into the westbound
lanes of S.R. 44. When it
stopped, the truck was
blocking both west-
bound lanes. The patrol
car stopped, facing
northeast in the inside
westbound lane.
Both drivers were air-
lifted from the scene for
medical treatment The
driver of the truck was
wearing a seatbelt, ac-
cording to the news re-
lease.
FHP continues to in-
vestigate the crash.

BRIAN LaPETER/Chronicle
A 78-year-old Villages man died Friday night after driving his 1993 GMC pickup into the path of a Citrus County Sheriff's deputy's
car. His identity had not been released at press time. The Florida Highway Patrol continues to investigate the crash.

SMITH
Continued from Page Al

was Smith who the voters of
Citrus County chose to lead
them in Tallahassee.
Smith, 45, officially took of-
fice Nov. 2. He and other
members will take the cere-
monial oath of office Tuesday
in the Capitol.
Smith acknowledged he
benefited from an anti-in-
cumbent mood, but he said
that wasn't the only reason
voters chose him over
Schultz.
"I had to make sure they
understood there was an al-
ternative to the incumbent,"
he said. "Ron is very well

BAYS
Continued from Page Al

job-related accident Before
long, Rebecca's mother told
her that if she wanted any-
thing in this world, she
would have to pay for it
"Iff Iwanted a car, I would
have' to get a job to pay for
it," Bays said. "I saved and
always paid cash for every-
thing."
And now Bays, who owns
Insurance Resources and
Risk Management Inc., in
Beverly Hills, heads to the
Citrus County Commission
understanding first-hand
the challenges people face
to make ends meet.
Bays, who moved to Citrus
County nine years ago, is ac-
tive in Big Brothers Big Sis-
ters, American Cancer
Society and Citrus County
Chamber of Commerce. Pol-
itics was the farthest thing

known. But he didn't have a
specific platform."
While Schultz, a former
Citrus County property ap-
praiser, had name recogni-
tion in political circles, Smith
said his backing came from
ordinary people that he came
to know through his volun-
teer service.
Indeed, Smith hammered
Schultz for what he consid-
ered the incumbent's lack of
community know-how.
Smith, on the other hand,
had those community con-
nections to fall back on.
"I spent hundreds of hours
doing volunteer work with
the Young Marines," he said.
"I got to meet, a lot of people.
I wrote letters to the editor.
Slowly the outreach I had got

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JIMMIE T. SMITH
* Age: 45.
* Hometown: Inverness.
* Occupation: Retired Army; until election, security
guard at Progress Energy power plant.
* Married to Lisa, one daughter and three stepchildren.
* To reach Rep. Smith: Call 560-6020. His Inverness of-
fice is in the Village West Plaza at 591 E. Gulf-to-Lake
Highway, just west of the Holiday Inn Express between
Inverness and Lecanto.

bigger and bigger."
He added: "Ron had the
professional side of things. I
had boots on the ground."
Born in New Jersey, Smith
moved to Citrus County with
his family at age 9. He at-
tended school in Inverness,
but didn't graduate Citrus

on her mind when her step-
son Paul changed her focus.
Paul had returned from
Iraq where he served in the
Army. He spoke of losing 17
soldiers from his unit
"He told us some horrific
stories," Bays said.
Rebecca and Mike Bays
hoped Paul would settle in
Citrus County. Instead, he
returned to service.
"Mike and I really wanted
him to come home and be
our protdgd," she said. "He
decided the Army was the
place for him."
But Paul also bluntly told

KENNEY
Continued from Page Al

county's veterans' service office.
Kenney left that job Friday to start
his new one on Monday: Citrus County
commissioner.
"It's kind of surreal," he said. "Defi-
nitely some nervous anticipation."
Kenney comes into office with a
working knowledge of veterans and
their needs.
"We see 30 veterans a day in here,"
he said. "We schedule six and the rest
are walk-ins."
Kenney helped vets with their pen-
sions and disability claims. In some
cases, even with their electric bills.
As a veteran, Kenney understood
the necessity to cut through red tape.
His upbringing reminded him of the
difficulty of living with small means.
"This job was probably one of the

his mom that her commu-
nity involvement wasn't
enough. She had to get in
the thick of things to get any-
thing done, and that meant
serving in public office.
That was a whole differ-
ent area for Bays.
"I was very distant from
it," she said, referring to
politics. "There was nothing
political about me. I was
surprised as anybody else
when I decided to do this."
The more she thought
about a campaign for com-
mission, the more it made
sense. It's easy to hand over

most rewarding things I've ever done,"
Kenney said.
He decided to further his public
service by running for county commis-
sioner. Kenney said he found the cam-
paign trail repetitive, but he kept it
above board.
Kenney said he had much respect
for 20-year incumbent Gary Bartell,
whom Kenney defeated in the Repub-
lican primary en route to a Nov. 2 elec-
tion win.

High School.
"High school was not work-
ing out for me," he said.
He dropped out at 17 to
join the Army. His military
career, exactly 20 years and 6
days, sent him to places like
Korea and Panama. Smith
served in Panama when Gen.

a check for a cause; it's
something altogether differ-
ent to be a part of that solu-
tion.
"For me it's about service.
It's not a job," Bays said.
Bays spent much of the
campaign talking about two
issues: the economy and the
Ottawa-Quart connection.
While all the challengers
criticized the commission
for spending $2.9 million on
Ottawa, Bays was the first to
say the connection shouldn't
take place. She hasn't soft-
ened that position.
"I've never been able to
make any sense out of Ot-
tawa," she said.
Bays said the Ottawa proj-
ect doesn't benefit the
county's transportation fu-
ture. "I don't think it does
anything to our bottom
line," she said. "It's short-
sighted."
As for the economy, Bays
said she knows the difficulty
small business face in deal-

"The man was a gentleman," Ken-
ney said.
Kenney said he hasn't spoken much
with current commissioners, other
than socially.
"I'm very cautious about that Sun-
shine Law," he said. "The people's
business should be conducted in front
of the people."
Kenney said his top priority is re-
moving barriers to businesses. He said
he wants citizens back to work.
As a commissioner, Kenney said he
wants citizens to know he is available
to hear their concerns.
"I want to be approachable," he
said. "In my heart of hearts, I carry the
best interest of Citrus County"
Kenney said he doesn't want to let
voters down.
"I want to thank them for placing
their confidence in me," he said.
"That's an awesome responsibility, if
you stop and think about it."

Manuel Noriega was re-
moved from office and he re-
calls his then-inlaws
discussing the government's
overthrow in hushed tones.
"I thought, that's a shame
you have to watch what you
say," Smith said.
Smith received his high
school diploma through the
Army while serving in Korea.
And a granite rock that sits on
his desk includes messages
from soldiers who served
with him as platoon sergeant
After returning to Florida,
Smith said he honed up on is-
sues of the day to become bet-
ter informed. He found a
community where debate
was common but disagree-
ment didn't mean personal
feuds.

ing with county permitting.
"It seems like we're al-
ways hitting a wall," she
said. "We've run some really
good things out of town.
There is a level of frustra-
tion."

* Read Jimmie Smith's
guest column./Page Cl

That congenial attitude al-
lowed Smith to find support
in all reaches of the county.
"I sat down with the .De-
mocrats for three hours de-
fending my views," he said.
"I'm not one to block people
out. I'm very positive I
walked out of there with
votes."
Smith said he knows Re-
publicans swept the elec-
tions, and now the pressure is
on to produce.
"We have to provide re-
sults," he said.
"If we fail, the pendulum
will swing the other way even
farther."

Bays said commissioners
should set the tone for
county employees, and still
be respectful of their jobs.
"I wouldn't ask anyone to
do something," she said,
"that I wouldn't do myself."

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The Black Diamond Foundation recently presented a check to Brenda Miley-Kelley, Withlacoochee Technical Institute
guidance counselor, in the amount of $10,000 for scholarships. From left, Black Diamond Foundation board members
Susan Pratt and Art Thomas present the check to the school representative as fellow board member Dave Burns looks
on. The school will select and present five students each with a $1,000 scholarship that can be renewed.

Citrus scholar

Citrus High School student
Emily Spilios, seated at left,
recently received a Letter of
Commendation from the
National Merit Scholarship
Program designating her as a
Commended Student in the
program. In a letter to her, the
National Merit Scholarship
Corporation states that her
index score has placed her
among the top 50,000 of
more than 1.5 million
students who entered the
2011 National Merit Program
by taking the 2009
Preliminary SAT/National
Merit Scholarship Qualifying
Test. Further, the letter states
that she is among about
34,000 Commended Students
nationwide who have shown
exceptional promise. Her
principal, Dale Johns, seated
at right, reads the
commendation to Emily and
(from back left) Dr. Roy
Swihart, guidance counselor,
and her parents, Brenda and
Ken Spilios.
MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle

ACS seeks

drivers to help

cancer patients

Citrus County in urgent need

Special to the Chronicle

Local cancer patients
often struggle to find trans-
portation to and from treat-
ment, but you can help.
The American Cancer
Society is recruiting volun-
teers to drive patients to
and from treatment as part
of the organization's free
patient transportation pro-
gram. The program, Road
to Recovery, matches pa-
tients in need with volun-
teer drivers in their area
who can offer a ride.
Road to Recovery is the
very essence of the Ameri-
can Cancer Society mis-
sion -people helping
people overcome cancer.
Road to Recovery volun-
teers provide an essential
and necessary service be-
cause even the greatest
medical advance is useless
if patients can't get treat-
ment.
The program makes it
easy for volunteers to help
patients get to lifesaving
treatment. Drivers can

specify the times and days
that are most convenient
for them, and they can
choose to drive as often as
their schedules allow. The
American Cancer Society
provides training and coor-
dinates transportation
schedules between pa-
tients and drivers.
Road to Recovery volun-
teer driving requires no
special skills or education
- just a safe driving
record, a valid driver's li-
cense, some free time, a ve-
hicle in good working
condition, and the desire
to help.
This volunteer opportu-
nity is designed to be an
easy and stress-free serv-
ice for both patients and
volunteers. Training ses-
sions, maps and directions
are provided to those who
volunteer their time. Cit-
rus County is in urgent
need of volunteer drivers.
To learn more about the
program, contact Nancy
Nethery at (813) 319-5929 or
nancynethery@cancer.org.

Audubon Society to meet

Special to the Chronicle

Citrus County Audubon
Society will meet at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 17, at
Unity Church of Citrus
County.
Dr. Gary Williams will
describe local birding op-
portunities on lands man-
aged by the Southwest
Florida Water Manage-
ment District, which is re-
sponsible for managing
water resources for the 5
million residents living
within a 10,000-square-
mile area of west-central
Florida. To help accom-

plish this mission, the dis-
trict protects more than
436,000 acres of land
within its boundaries.
Birding opportunities
are plentiful on these
lands, including many ex-
cellent spots in and around
Citrus County. Williams
will discuss examples of
environmental restoration
projects carried out by
water management dis-
tricts.
All CCAS meetings and
field trips are open to the
public. For more informa-
tion, visit www.Citrus
CountyAudubon.com.

Worth

Annual 'Scramble
for the Scouts' golf
SCORE is proud to support
The Withlacoochee District of
the Gulf Ridge Council of the
BSA's annual "Scramble for the
Scouts." Mark. your calendar for
Monday, Nov. 15, at Citrus Hills
Golf and Country Club.
Proceeds from this event
provide underprivileged youths
the opportunity to participate in
traditional scouting programs.
The Gulf Ridge Council serves
youths from Citrus, Hardee,
Highlands, Hillsborough,
Pasco, Polk and Sumter
counties.
For information, call Paul
Perregaux at 746-7899, e-mail
sdpapx@aol.com; or Duane
Rieker at (813) 872-2691,
e-mail drieker@bsamail.org.
Honeymoon Island
field trip on tap
Citrus County Audubon Soci-
ety has scheduled a birding
field trip at Honeymoon Island
for Tuesday, Nov. 16. The pub-
lic is welcome to attend. Pre-
registration is not necessary
and participants with all levels
of birding skills are welcome.
This field trip is led by experi-
enced birders Eileen Riccio and
Jim Meyer. It begins at 8:30
a.m., will involve mostly driving
with some easy walking, and
will last about six hours.
We will visit Gulf beaches,
mangrove swamps, tidal flats
and one of the few remaining
virgin slash pine forests in
South Florida. There is an $8
park entrance fee per vehicle.
Some of the unusual bird
species we hope to see in-
clude: dowitchers, reddish
egret, American oystercatcher,
black-hooded parakeet,
Eurasian collared dove, sharp-
shinned hawk, and black skim-
mer. Visit www.CitrusCounty
Audubon.com for more details
and directions.
Separation group
meets Tuesday
Americans United for Sepa-
ration of Church and State (Na-
ture Coast Chapter) will meet at
4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, at the
Lakes Region Library, 1511
Druid Road, Inverness.
The public is welcome. For in-
formation, call 726-9112 or visit
naturecoastau@hotmail.com.

Companion class
set for Nov. 16
Health Matters Inc. will offer
another Homemaker Compan-
ion Class on Tuesday, Nov. 16.
This is a five-hour course for
persons who want to learn to
be caregivers for the elderly. All
ages are welcome.
Ruth Branson, registered
nurse, will also teach a certified
nursing assistant (CNA) class
beginning Nov. 17. A pay-as-
you-go plan will be offered to
allow those persons on a lim-
ited income to take part.
For information and to sign
up, call 586-1954 or 686-5593.
Visit Brooksville for
Accordion Adventure
"Accordion Adventure" meet-
ings are from 6 Ito 9 p.m. the
third Tuesday monthly at the
Brooksville BPO Elks No 2582;
14494 Cortez Blvd.
This is an informal group of
accordionists/enthusiasts of all
levels of performance. The pub-
lic is welcome to the "Christmas
Celebration" (party/jam) on
Dec. 21. Admission is $2.
Call Cathy at (352) 686-0975
or Peg at (352) 442-5574.

LIFT program
continues meetings
LIFT (Living Information for
Today) meetings are the third
Tuesday monthly beginning at
11:30 a.m. November's meet-
ing will be Tuesday, Nov. 16, at
Citrus Hills Golf & Country
Club.
LIFT provides social support
to widows and widowers
through organized outings and
luncheons that are both enter-
taining and educational. The
LIFT program is managed by
Hospice of Citrus County and
sponsored by the Dignity Me-
morial Network. Call Lynn Miller
at 527-2348.
BHRA Military
Card Party set
The Beverly Hills Recreation
Association, 77 Civic Circle, will
sponsor a Military Card Party
on Tuesday, Nov. 16. Cost is
$12; including lunch.
Doors open at 11 a.m., with
lunch at noon and games start-
ing at 1 p.m.
Call Barbara at 746-3636 or
the BHRA office at 746-4882.

Detachment 819
meeting slated
Marine Corps League De-
tachment 819 will meet at 7
p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, at the
Beverly Hills VFW.
This meeting is on a Tuesday
instead of Thursday, since the
last Thursday of November is
Thanksgiving.
There will be no regular
meeting in December. All
Marines and FMF Corpsmen,
male or female, are invited to
attend.
If you have any questions,
call Commandant John Koser
at (352) 422-0119.
Sewphisticates
meets Nov. 17
The Pine Ridge Sewphisti-
cates meet at 10:30 a.m. on
Wednesday, Nov. 17, at in the
Pine Ridge Community Center.
The program will feature
guest speaker Teddi Hollar,
who will talk about her career in
the fashion industry.
The Sewphisticates is a
Neighborhood Group of the Na-
ture Coast Chapter of the
American Sewing Guild.
All sewing enthusiasts are in-
vited to visit group meetings of
the ASG.
For additional information,
call Carole at 527-3034 or Con-
nie at 527-9943.
Withlacoochee sets
turkey dinner
Withlacoochee Area Resi-
dents' second annual turkey
dinner and quarterly meeting
will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday,
Nov. 17.
The public is invited to join
the group for the dinner -
which will feature turkey with all
the fixings and meeting at
Yankeetown-Inglis Woman's
Club.
Guest speakers for the
meeting will be representatives
of the Southwest Water Man-
agement District, who will dis-
cuss the ongoing minimum
flows and levels determination
for the Lower Withlacoochee
River.
The Yankeetown-Inglis
Woman's Club is at 5 56th St.,
Yankeetown, next to the library
and post office.
For more information about
the meeting and the group, call
(352) 447-5434.

Associated Press
PHOENIX When a hu-
manitarian worker asked
Ajak Dau Akech in 1988 why
he fled civil war in Sudan
and walked 1,000 perilous
miles to a refugee camp in
Ethiopia, the boy answered
with words few 8-year-olds
would know.
"We ran away from mas-
sacring and butchering of
the people," the boy said.
More than 20 years later,
Akech had no idea he had
spoken those words until he
read them from a document
he didn't know until re-
cently even existed.
Akech and other Su-
danese war orphans, known
as the Lost Boys of Sudan,
are starting to receive eight-
page records that include
their family histories, the
names of people they trav-
eled with on their flight
from war, the names of
those who died along the
way, medical information
and observations about
their well-being and photo-
graphs of themselves.
For many of the Lost Boys,
the roughly 13,000 docu-
ments are the only record of
their childhood and fami-
lies, the photos the only
ones taken of them as chil-
dren.
The records were a proj-
ect by Radda Barnen, the
Swedish branch of Save the
Children International, and
were meant to document
the histories of the boys who
arrived at the refugee camp
without parents in hopes
they could be reunited later.
But the war lasted 21
years, nearly 2 million peo-
ple were killed and many
villages were destroyed,
making reunions virtually
impossible. The records had
been moved repeatedly,
were nearly destroyed by
another agency intent on
throwing them out, and
were languishing in a
Radda Barnen warehouse

Associated Press
MALAKAL, Sudan- A
bombing on the disputed
north-south border of
Sudan heightened concerns
of renewed conflict in the
region, but a Southern
Sudan army official says the
attack was aimed at rebels,
not the south, and observers
doubt this one incident
would lead to anything
more serious.
Sudan has been high on
the U.S. foreign policy
agenda, with top officials
working to ensure a Janu-
ary referendum that could
split Africa's biggest coun-
try into two is held on time.
They are also working to
avoid renewed conflict be-
tween north and south
Sudan, who more than five
years ago ended a decades-
long war.
The borders of Northern
Bahr Gazal and Southern
Darfur, where the bombing
occurred, are in dispute
and the 2005 peace deal re-
quired the border between
Southern Sudan and the
north be demarcated. That
exercise, however, has also
been fraught with delays.
Col. Philip Aguer,
spokesman for the Sudan
People's Liberation Army,
which protects oil-rich
Southern Sudan, said Sat-
urday that north Sudan's

in Ethiopia when Kirk Fels-
man learned of them.
Felsman was a senior re-
search scholar at Duke Uni-
versity and was working on
a children's rights project
with Radda Barnen when
he saw the documents in
2004.
Felsman obtained a grant
from the Andrew W Mellon
Foundation, and a team of
anthropologists and others
scanned more than 100,000
pages over four months be-
fore giving them to the Ari-
zona Lost Boys Center in
Phoenix, where about 600
Lost Boys have resettled.
It took the center and a
team of mostly volunteers
six more years to sift
through the scanned docu-
ments, but all are now digi-
tized and searchable online
at www.lostboysreunited.org.
Of the 30,000 children
who began the trek, only
about 11,000 survived, ac-
cording to the Lost Boys
Center In the first month
that the database was avail-
able, the website got 4,000
hits from 32 countries and
orders for 400 personal his-
tories, which started going
out in the mail from
Phoenix last week.
Ann Wheat, founder of
the Arizona Lost Boys Cen-
ter, said the arduous task
has been worth it
"We venture out into the
world from a platform, and
that platform is provided by
family, siblings, stories from
our grandparents, and
photo albums and reminisc-
ing about family events,"
she said. "What if you never
had that?
"We're right at the very
beginning of this, and while
we probably can't articulate
or know what this means to
them, it has to be huge, sort
of just giving them that
roadmap back, and that's
where healing comes from,"
she said.
Wheat said the current
system requires Lost Boys

military bombed a disputed
north-south border area but
the attack was not meant for
the south.
Both parts of Sudan are
allowed to keep separate
armies under a 2005 peace
deal that ended their 21-
year war.
Aguer said north Sudan
military officers consulted
with their southern coun-
terparts through a joint mil-
itary panel after the Friday
bombing by an Antonov
plane and determined the
bombs were launched in
the north, but landed in
Southern Sudan territory
close by. The panel, called
the Joint Defense Board, is

to have computer access
and a mailing address, but
that's not possible for many
still living in Africa. The
center also is trying to de-
termine how to get docu-
ments of those who didn't
survive to their anfmily mem-
bers.
Felsman, who is now a
senior technical adviser for
orphans and vulnerable
children at the United
States Agency for Interna-
tional Development's re-
gional office in Pretoria,
South Africa, wrote in an e-
mail that part of being
human is constructing one's
personal story.
"From a child's rights per-
spective, 1 have always be-
lieved that children on the
move should have access to

part of the 2005 peace deal
and is meant to help avoid
misunderstandings be-
tween the armies of the
north and the south.
"The bomb fell in our ter-
ritory by mistake and the
SAF (Sudan Armed Forces)
admitted it was not inten-
tional," said Aguer He said
the bombing took place in
Northern Bahr Gazal State,
located in the southwest of
the country and part of
Southern Sudan, but would
not give a precise location.
Aguer said there were casu-
alties but declined to give
details.
The top U.N. official in
Southern Sudan, David

the facts of their story, as it
informs their reality, what
those facts mean and feel
like," he wrote.
David Turkon, an anthro-
pology professor at Ithaca
College in New York who
helped get the documents in
order, said the records
mean different things for
different Lost Boys.
Hie said some of the docu-
ments have provided the
names of forgotten family
members in a potential first
step to a reunion, and one of
the Lost Boys living in New
York was planning to use his
documents to prove he mar-
ried his wife in Africa so she
can be brought to the U.S.
For some, the documents
are a curiosity. Others expe-
rience intense emotional

This undated photo
provided by Arizona Lost
Boys Center shows the
refugee identification
document of Ajak Dau
Akech. The documents of
the Sudanese war orphan,
one of the group known as
the Lost Boys of Sudan,
were missing for many
years. For the first time in
most of their lives, these
survivors of the civil war in
Sudan are finding out more
about families and history,
and getting the only known
photographs of themselves
as children. It has taken
years to track down
personal records kept by
humanitarians at refugee
camps in the 1980s and
compile them in an online
database. 'Akech
smiles Nov. 5 as he holds
the hard copy of his refugee
identification document.
Associated Press
reactions.
"To be able to look at your
own eyes at this time in your
life, these are terrified
young children," Turkon
said. "You can just see it in
their faces ... It's terribly im-
portant for a lot of people."
For Akech, it was a re-
minder and a record of a
stolen childhood.
He wept as he looked
through his document for
the first time recently in
Phoenix, where he now
lives.
He listed his activities be-
fore the war as tending cat-
tle and playing, and said
that he had finished the first
grade. The humanitarian
worker who conducted the
interview noted that Akech
was crying and frightened.

Sudan border bombing heightens tension

Gressly, said casualties are
in the single digits and a
U.N. team is going to the
area to assess the situation
Lazaro Sumbeiywo, the
Kenyan retired general who
mediated the 2005 peace
deal, said that since signing
the agreement, north and
south had only fought once,

in 2008, in a dispute over
the oil-rich area of Abyei.
Sumbeiywo declined to
comment on the Friday in-
cident but said when he
went to assess the general
situation in Southern
Sudan two weeks ago, he
did not find the semiau-
tonomous region tense.

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escaped war and left all but
one brother behind, he also
had survived famine, thirst,
sickness, ambushes, unfor-
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"I didn't have my parents,
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"I can't imagine that was
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Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan A group
of would-be suicide bombers tried
to storm a major NATO base in east-
ern Afghanistan early Saturday but
were repelled before they could
enter; officials said.
A bomb hidden in a motorbike
also exploded on a busy street in
the Imam Sahib district of the
northern province of Kunduz,
killing 10 people, including a police
commander and three children, ac-
cording to the Interior Ministry.
Separately, NATO reported that
insurgents killed three coalition
service members Saturday in an at-
tack in southern Afghanistan. The
coalition did not provide any fur-
ther details or the nationalities of
the service members killed.
The attacks, which occurred a
day after a suicide car bomber tar-
geted a U.S. convoy outside Kabul,
were the latest show of force by the
Taliban as the U.S.-led alliance
steps up pressure against the insur-
gents in the southern stronghold of
Kandahar
Saturday's assault on the NATO
base the second against it in five
months underscored the Tal-
iban's ability to strike at the core of
the NATO mission and to enjoy rel-
ative freedom of movement across
the country despite a series ofcoali-
tion offensives and an infusion of
thousands of additional interna-
tional forces.
The insurgents attacked an
Afghan army checkpoint outside

the Jalalabad base at dawn, spark-
ing a gunbattle that lasted at least
two hours as NATO helicopters
fired from above.
Six insurgents were killed, in-
cluding two who were wearing
bomb-laden suicide vests, accord-
ing to the international military
coalition. No NATO or Afghan
troops were killed, the coalition
said.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah
Mujahid said there were 14 attack-
ers and 11 of them were killed,
though the insurgent group typi-
cally gives inflated numbers.
An Associated Press photogra-
pher at the scene saw three dead
bodies laid out, all in Afghan army
uniforms, which militants often
wear as a disguise. An AK-47 assault
rifle, a rocket-propelled grenade
launcher and a grenade were laid
out nearby
NATO said it would not be de-
terred by the attack, the second
against an eastern outpost in the
past two weeks. Insurgents attacked
an observation post in Paktika
province on Oct 30, and NATO said
at least 40 Taliban fighters were
killed before the attackers were re-
pelled.
The coalition "will continue to
work with our Afghan partners to
establish a safe and peaceful
Afghanistan," said NATO
spokesman U.S. Army Col. Rafael
Torres.
The base attacked Saturday was
also targeted in June with a car
bomb, rocket-propelled grenades

Associated Press
An Afghan police officer stands guard Saturday near the site of an explosion in Kunduz, Afghanistan.

and automatic weapons although
the militants again failed to breach
its defenses. Eight militants were
killed in that attack. The base is
about 75 miles (120 kilometers) east
of Kabul on the main road between
the Afghan capital and the Pakistan

border.
With. NATO focusing its coun-
terinsurgency campaign in the
southern provinces of Kandahar
and Helmand, the security situation
in the east and north has steadily
been deteriorating.

The bombing in Kunduz appar-
ently was targeting a senior police
officer as he drove past Com-
mander Mohammad Manan and
one of his bodyguards were among
those killed, said Abdul Qayum
Ebrahimi, the district police chief.

Iraq lawmakers Afgha

approve deal to Taliban still
g Ao intimidating
form new govt. Associated Press

Associated Press
BAGHDAD Iraqi law-
makers approved an agree-
ment on Saturday that aims
to bring all of Iraq's feuding
political blocs into a new
government led by Shiite
Prime Minister Nouri al-
Maliki, although deep dis-
agreements remain about
the role to be played by the
country's minority Sunnis.
The deal struck this week
ended an eight-month im-
passe that had stalled the
formation of a new govern-
ment and threatened to re-
ignite sectarian violence.
But the agreement ap-
peared on the brink of col-
lapse almost immediately
after it was announced be-
cause of the deep-rooted
distrust that pervades
Iraq's sectarian politics.
The Sunni-backed
Iraqiya bloc had threatened
to boycott the Saturday ses-
sion to approve the deal
after storming out of parlia-
ment on Thursday and rais-
ing fears the group would
abstain from government
altogether. Iraqiya lawmak-
ers said they had been be-
trayed by al-Maliki's Shiite
coalition, who they fear is
trying to deprive them of a
significant role in the next
government.
Leaders of the major par-
ties met early Saturday to
try to iron out their differ-
ences and salvage, the deal.
When parliament convened
later in the day, Iraqiya was
present and took part in the
parliament vote to approve
the power-sharing agree-
ment.
"There was a misunder-
standing in the last ses-
sion," Iraqiya spokesman
Haider al-Mulla told law-
makers. "We here stress
that we will be an active
part in producing a na-
tional unity government."
There was no immediate
tally of how many members
attended or voted for the
deal, which was described
as a general outline for the
new government but with
few specifics. Kurdish law-
maker Mahmoud Othman
said it passed by a large
margin.
Under the agreement, al-
Maliki and President Jalal
Talabani, a Kurd, keep
their current posts. Iraqiya,
meanwhile, gets the parlia-
ment speaker's post as well
as the top spot on a council
intended to serve as a
check on al-Maliki's pow-
ers. That job is supposed to
go to Iraqiya leader Ayad
Allawi.
But in comments to CNN

television late Friday,
Allawi said he would not
take part in the al-Maliki
government and described
the power-sharing deal as
dead. Allawi did not attend
the parliament session, and
other lawmakers said he
had already left the coun-
try
While Allawi absent,
Iraqiya official Fattah al-
Sheik said the majority of
the bloc's members were
there.

PANJSHIR VALLEY,
Afghanistan President
Hamid Karzai's moves to
make peace with the Tal-
iban are scaring
Afghanistan's ethnic mi-
norities into taking their
weapons out of mothballs
and preparing for a fight.
Mindful that Karzai's
overtures come with
NATO's blessing, and that
U.S. and NATO forces will
eventually leave, they
worry that power will
shift back into the hands
of the forces they helped
to overthrow in 2001.
Such a peace deal won't
be easy in a country with
a complex ethnic makeup
and a tradition of
vendetta killings. With
ethnic and tribal differ-
ences having sharpened
during the violence of the
last 30 years, there's little
indication that Karzai's
overtures are gaining
much traction.
Still, some mujahedeen
- commanders of the
Northern Alliance of mi-
nority groups that fought
the Taliban are taking
no chances. They speak
openly of the weaponry
they have kept despite a
U.N. disarmament drive.
In the Panjshir Valley,

heartland of the Northern
Alliance, Mohammed
Zaman says that when the
U.N. came looking for
weapons, "the rnujahedeen
gave one and hid the other
19."
"We have plenty of
weapons, rocket launchers
and small arms and we can
get any kind of weapons we
need from the gun mafias
that exist in our neighbor-
ing countries," he said. "All
the former mujahedeen
from commander to soldier,

they have made prepara-
tions if they (the Taliban)
come into the government."
Zaman was speaking to
The Associated Press at the
grave of'Ahmad Shah Mas-
soud, the charismatic Tajik
leader who commanded
the Northern Alliance and
died in an al-Qaida suicide
bombing two days before
the Sept. 11 attacks that
provoked the U.S. invasion.
Somah Ibrahim, a U.N.
spokesman, said 94,262
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armament program ended
in 2005. But fewer than half
of them were destroyed;
some went to the army and
police, which many of the
militiamen joined.
The Hazara, a mainly
Shiite ethnic group, are
also worried.
"We have lots of weapons
but they are not modern
weapons. They are simple
weapons," said Abbas
Noian, a Hazara legislator.

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YANGON, Myanmar -
Myanmar democracy hero-
ine Aung San Suu Kyi
gained her freedom Satur-
day for the first time in 7 1/2
years, as jubilant supporters
stormed the lakeside com-
pound that was her home
and prison minutes after the
country's military rulers au-
thorized her release.
After the national police
chief read Suu Kyi the offi-
cial order, several thousand
supporters at her residence
began singing the national
anthem when the Nobel
Peace Prize laureate poked
her head over the gate.
A smiling Suu Kyi, wear-
ing a traditional jacket and a
flower in her hair, spent al-
most 10 minutes asking the
cheering crowd to quiet
down before speaking
briefly. She asked listeners
to spread her words to those
standing in the back who
couldn't hear.
"If we work in unity, we
will achieve our goal. We
have a lot of things to do,"
Suu Kyi told well-wishers,
who quickly swelled to as
many as 5,000. She said she
would see them again Sun-
day at the headquarters of
her political party.
While her release elated
man y,
from ordi-
n a r y
Myanmar unity we v
citizens to
world our goal.
leaders,
s o m e a lot of
warned to
her strug- to
gle was far
from over.
London- was released Saturc
based
rights
group Amnesty Interna-
tional estimates more than
2,200 political prisoners re-
main jailed by the junta.
"While Daw Aung San
Suu Kyi's release is cer-
tainly welcome, it only
marks the end of an unfair
sentence that was illegally
extended, and is by no
means a concession on the
part of the authorities," said
Amnesty's Secretary-Gen-
eral Salil Shetty.
"The fact remains that au-
thorities should never have
arrested her or the many
other prisoners of con-
science in Burma in the first
place, locking them out of
the political process."
The release of one of the
world's most prominent po-
litical prisoners came a
week after an election that
was swept by the military's
proxy political party and de-
cried by Western nations as
a sham designed to perpetu-
ate authoritarian control.
The 65-year-old, whose
latest period of detention
started in May 2003, has
come to symbolize the strug-
gle for democracy in the
Southeast Asian nation
ruled by the military since
1962. Suu Kyi has been
jailed or under house arrest
for more than 15 of the last
21 years.
Supporters had been
waiting most of the day near
her residence and the head-

Associated Press
A portrait with flags and sup-
porters of leader Aung San
Suu Kyi hangs Saturday in
front of City Hall, in Paris,
France.

quarters of her party.
As her release was under
way, riot police stationed in
the area left the scene and a
barbed-wire barricade near
her residence was removed,
allowing the waiting sup-
porters to surge forward.
Mya Kyi, a 65-year-old
housewife with tears rolling
down her face, said she had
waited anxiously since the
morning after traveling 25
miles (40 kilometers) from
her home north of Yangon.
"Now that I have seen her
face, I'm ready to die," she
said.
Suu Kyi's release was im-
mediately welcomed by
world leaders.
President Barack Obama
called Suu Kyi "a hero of
mine" and said the United
States "welcomes her long
overdue release."
U.N. Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon praised Suu
Kyi upon her release. "Her
dignity and courage in the
face of injustice have been
an inspiration to many peo-
ple around the world," Ban
said in a statement
British Prime Minister
David Cameron said her
freedom was long overdue.
"Aung San Suu Kyi is an in-
spiration for all of us who
believe in freedom of
speech, democracy and
human

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chief Maj. Gen. Khin Yee vis-
ited Suu Kyi at 5 p.m. to read
the official release order.
Khin Yee said he was
happy to see Suu Kyi in good
health, and that the authori-
ties were ready to provide
any assistance she needs,
the report said.
The police chief told her
authorities want to maintain
the rule of law, peace, stabil-
ity and tranquility, and Suu
Kyi replied "she feels the
same way, too," it said.
Critics say the Nov 7 elec-
tions were manipulated to
give the pro-military party a
sweeping victory. Results
have been released piece-
meal and already have given
the junta-backed Union Sol-
idarity and Development
Party a majority in both
houses of Parliament.
The last elections in 1990
were won overwhelmingly
by Suu Kyi's National
League for Democracy
party, but the military re-
fused to hand over power
and instead clamped down
on opponents.
Suu Kyi's release gives the
junta some ammunition
against critics of the election
and the government's
human rights record, which
includes the continued de-
tention of some 2,200 politi-
cal prisoners and brutal
military campaigns against
ethnic minorities.

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Associated Press
Jack Sand shovels snow
Saturday in St. Paul, Minn.,
where the first snow of the
season arrived early.

Suspect charged
in bridge standoff
SAN FRANCISCO -A
California man accused of
halting traffic on the San
Francisco-Oakland Bay
Bridge and threatening to
blow it up is scheduled to be
arraigned Monday on multiple
crimes.
Prosecutors charged 51-
year-old Craig Carlos-
Valentino, of Antioch, on
Friday with making a false
bomb threat, resisting or de-
laying a California Highway
Patrol officer, kidnapping and
child endangerment.
Authorities say he was dis-
traught over family problems
when he stopped his SUV on
the upper deck around 7 a.m.
Thursday, dialed 911 and
threatened to blow up the
span.
Police say he brandished a
gun and threatened to kill
himself during an ensuing
standoff.
His 16-year-old daughter
escaped from the SUV.

Gov't quits before
Cabinet reshuffle
PARIS French Prime
Minister Francois Fillon re-
signed Saturday along with
his government ahead of a
long-planned Cabinet reshuf-
'fle.
The office of President
Nicolas Sarkozy said in a two-
line statement that the presi-
dent accepted the resignation,
"thus putting an end to Mr.
Francois Fillon's functions."
The move was a formality
because the prime minister
must formally resign with his
team before a new govern-
ment can be put in place.
Speculation in the French
media over who would be the
next prime minister has not
excluded Fillon.
Sarkozy said in June that
he planned to change the
Cabinet once a reform of the
pension system was adopted.
The hotly contested reform
raising the retirement age
from 60 to 62 became law
Wednesday, a day after
Sarkozy signed the measure.
The conservative Sarkozy
has had record low poll ratings
despite the wide mandate he
received when elected in
2007. It is assumed that in
naming a new government he
would try to create a solid
base for 2012 presidential
elections.
-From wire reports

GOP lawmakers

empowered after

election victories

Associated Press
WASHINGTON Fresh off big
victories on Election Day, Republi-
cans in Congress feel empowered in
their fight to extend tax cuts that
expire in January, including those
for the wealthy.
President Barack Obama has
said he wants to compromise with
Republicans to ensure that tax cuts
for middle-income families con-
tinue, suggesting he's open to ex-
tending all the tax breaks for a year
or two. Republican leaders say it's
a nice gesture by the president, but
some key GOP lawmakers want
more.
"It should be permanent," said
Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H. "We've got
to get this economy to pick up and
if you raise taxes you're going to
stifle the economy significantly. I'm
sure that somebody's explained
that to the president."
Rep. John Boehner of Ohio,
who's in line to be the next House
speaker in January, also played
down talk of a compromise.
"I think that extending all of the
current tax rates and making them

A LOOK AT EXPIRING BUSH TAX CUTS

What will happen if the 2001 and
2003 tax cuts expire in January:
Income tax rates increase. The
bottom rate rises to 15 percent from
10 percent. The top rate goes up to
39.6 percent from 35 percent. Sev-
eral rates in between increase as
well.
The child tax credit returns to
$500 per child from $1,000 per child.
The standard deduction for mar-
ried couples decreases, affecting
many married couples.
Capital gains taxes rise. The top
rate returns to 20 percent from 15
percent.
t Taxes on dividends increase as
they are taxed at the same rate as

permanent will reduce the uncer-
tainty in America and help small
businesses to create jobs again,"
Boehner said. "You can't invest
when you don't know what the
rules are."
Democrats will have majorities
in both the House and Senate
when Congress returns this week
for a lame-duck session that is ex-
pected to stretch into December.
They will need Republican sup-
port to get the 60 votes necessary to
pass a tax bill in the Senate.
Obama and Democratic leaders

earned income. The top marginal rate
increases to 39.6 percent from 15
percent.
The federal estate tax goes back
to 55 percent next year, with a $1 mil-
lion exemption. It had been gradually
reduced, then repealed for 2010.
'* The Alternative Minimum Tax is
no longer adjusted to spare more
than 20 million middle-income fami-
lies from a tax hike averaging $3,900.
The tax was enacted in 1969 to make
sure wealthy people couldn't avoid
taxes, but it wasn't indexed for
inflation. /
Associated Press
Sources: Joint Committee on Taxation;
Tax Policy Center

in Congress want to make the tax
cuts permanent for lower- and mid-
dle-income families, while letting
them expire for individuals mak-
ing more than $200,000 a year and
married couples making more than
$250,000. Republicans want to
make the tax cuts permanent for
everyone.
Many congressional aides, both
Republican and Democrat, think
lawmakers will settle on a tempo-
rary extension of all the tax rates,
perhaps for a year or two. While
some Democrats have supported

the idea, interviews with lawmak-
ers and aides from both parties
suggest that compromise won't be
easy.
Republicans are itching for a tax
fight. They believe voters punished
Democrats for increasing the size
of government, and are looking for-
ward to next year when the GOP
will control the House and have
more seats in the Senate.
Democrats must balance the in-
terests of liberals who are dead set
against extending tax cuts for the
wealthy even for a short time -
with the more conservative in their
ranks who don't want to raise taxes
on anyone in a bad economy.
Clouding the issue is whether
Democrats who lost at the polls
will have the stomach for one last
knockdown debate before they
leave office.
An impasse would mean all the
cuts could expire in January, at
least temporarily, resulting in sig-
nificant tax increases for families
at every income level.
The tax cuts enacted under the
Bush administration in 2001 and
2003 reduced marginal income tax
rates at every level. They also pro-
vided a wide range of income tax
breaks for education, families with
children and married couples.
Taxes on capital gains and divi-
dends were reduced, while the fed-
eral estate tax was gradually
repealed, though only for 2010.

Solid stand on poverty

Associated Press
A child lights a candle Saturday during an event of solidarity with the more than 30 percent of Romanians struggling with extreme poverty and
other forms of social exclusion in Bucharest, Romania. Candles were lit simultaneously In 20 Romanian cities and 52 cities in Germany, ac-
cording to the organizers, an international social assistance organization.

Calif. rejects legal pot, but cities embrace drug

Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif Cali-
fornians may have rejected
legalizing recreational mar-
ijuana, but voters across the
state are more than ready to
reap revenue from the
state's largest cash crop.
On Election Day, all 10
cities with local measures
on their ballots approved
new or higher taxes on mar-
ijuana sales that put the
need for cash above the
stigma of a federally
banned drug.
The same was true in Col-
orado, where medical mar-
ijuana was approved in
2000. Nine municipalities
approved higher sales taxes
on medical marijuana
products this year. So far, no
Colorado town with a mari-
juana tax question on the
ballots has rejected it.
The embrace of pot as a
legitimate revenue stream
signals the continued main-
streaming of marijuana in
both states, despite the de-
feat of California's Proposi-
tion 19.
"As part of treating this
business like any other

Associated Press
Medical marijuana patient Ezekiel Muses, who uses the drug
for back pain, checks out a jar of medical marijuana Sept. 21
at the CANNA CARE medical marijuana shop in Sacramento,

Calif.
business in the city, we
need to update our busi-
ness operation tax to in-
clude them," said Amy
Williams, a spokeswoman
for the City of Sacramento,
where voters approved a 4
percent tax on medical pot.
Other cities that ap-
proved special marijuana
taxes, including San Jose,
Long Beach and Oakland,
have all struggled with re-

cession-driven deficits, and
all decided to look to mari-
juana to bridge the gap.
Some cities put measures
on the ballot to prepare
themselves in case voters
approved Proposition 19,
which included a provision
that would have legalized
small-scale cultivation of
marijuana across the state.
Long Beach's measure,
which passed overwhelm-

ingly, would have imposed a
15 percent tax on busi-
nesses that sold marijuana
for recreational use.
Voters in Stockton im-
posed a 4 percent tax on
medical marijuana dispen-
saries. The same measure
would have levied a 10 per-
cent tax on non-medical
marijuana businesses.
Oakland voters led the
way last year by passing the
country's first special tax
on medical marijuana, an
extra $18 for every $1,000 in
sales on top of the city's reg-
ular sales tax of 9.75 per-
cent. In the most recent.
election, voters raised that
tax rate to $50 for every
$1,000.
And the city is poised to
lead again in pushing the
limits of government-sanc-
tioned pot sales. Later this
month, the city will begin
taking applications for per-
mits to run four industrial-
scale medical marijuana
growing operations.
Nearly 300 groups and in-
dividuals have registered
their interest in applying
for the permits. Each would
have to pay a $5,000 nonre-

fundable fee to apply. Re-
cipients of the permits
would be required to pay an
annual fee of $211,000.
The decision to tax the
drug in a way that resem-
bles special taxes on recre-
ational substances like
alcohol and tobacco moves
the state even closer to ac-
knowledging openly that
marijuana being sold
legally under state law is
"medical" in name only
Medical marijuana advo-
cates are frustrated by the
comparison to other mood-
altering substances. They
believe that what they see
as the drug's broad thera-
peutic properties should
put pot in the same cate-
gory as prescription med-
ications, which are not
taxed.
Yet how much revenue
cities will really see from
marijuana remains difficult
to predict. Dispensaries
have always been required
to pay state sales tax like
any other business, but
many would rather risk
state penalties for not pay-
ing taxes than leave a paper
trail for federal authorities.

EXCURSIONS ___
CItRUSILI COUNTY C-HROINICLEI

Ancient survivors

Associated Press

Tourists on a recent visit the Temple of Ramses II, illuminated at night, at Abu Simbel on Lake Nasser, Egypt.

Relocated temples highlight Egyptian lake cruise

PAUL SCHEME
Associated Press
-ABU SIMBEL, Egypt
n the 1960s, rising waters
from a new dam
threatened to submerge
the temples and
monuments of Nubia, the
ancient home of black
pharaohs in Egypt's far south.
To preserve them, the
antiquities were dismantled,
moved and reconstructed.
Today, most of the surviving
monuments can only be seen
from the lake created by the
waters that nearly destroyed
them.

Cruises on the 300-mile-long Lake
Nasser, one of the largest manmade
lakes'iirthe world, include stops to visit
nearly a dozen of the temples. Four-day
trips are offered on a pair of elegant
cruise ships, the Eugenie and the Kasr
Ibrim, that hark back to a golden age of
1920s travel in Egypt and carry more
than just a whiff of an Agatha Christie
novel.
For tourists, the lake's vast waters
are also a welcome respite from the din
of Egypt's teeming cities and offer a
contrast to the intensely farmed ver-
dant fields of the Nile Valley Birds
wheel overhead and Egypt's last croco-
diles slip unseen through the dark wa-
ters. The only other sound is the gentle
chug of the ship's engine.
But the temples, and the story of
their survival, are a highlight of the
trip. They were saved by the interna-
tional community in one of the most
dramatic feats of engineering and con-

servation the world had ever seen,
painstakingly cut into pieces and re-
built on higher ground, or in one case,
carefully chipped out of the rock and
slid on rails for more than a mile and a
half.
The most dramatic project was the
dismantling of the massive statues of
Pharaoh Ramses II at Abu Simbel into
a thousand pieces. They were rebuilt
on high ground over a period of four
years as the rising waters lapped at
their feet
The lake, which crosses over into
Sudan, was created when Egypt, with
the help of the former Soviet Union,
built the High Dam, which would go on
to provide half of Egypt's electricity in
the 1970s. It also protected the country
from the droughts and famines that rav-
aged east Africa in the ensuing
decades.
But while some 50 countries, includ-
ing the United States, pitched into save

the monuments, nothing could be done
for the people who had lived there for
millennia, even ruling as pharaohs in
the 8th century B.C.
Around 60,000 people had to be relo-
cated north to rudimentary housing in
Aswan, far from the fields and orchards
they grew up in. Accounts describe
families kissing the ground and pocket-
ing handfuls of soil before leaving, even
as the waters rose over their villages.
To this day, members of the surviving
community are trying to preserve their
distinctive language and culture. When
the government started talking about
cultivating the desert shores of the lake
once again, the Nubians demanded to
be allowed to return.
For now, though, the lake's rocky
shores remain deserted, with only the
occasional fisherman sailing around
the barren islands that were once the
crests of distant hills.
See Page A17

Machu Picchu

The Great Wall

Special to the Chronicle
Last year's adventure was a trip to Peru for David and Mary Waterfield of Sugarmill
Woods. It began in Lima and ended at Lake Titicaca high in the Andes Mountains.
The photo shows the highlight of the trip, a two-day tour of the Inca ruins, Machu
Picchu, now considered one of the new Seven Wonders of the World.

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brief description of the trip.
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NEIL SAWYER/Special to the Chronicle
Looking down on one of the many signal towers at the Great Wall of China.

1 China makes for fascinating trip

Neil Sawyer
Sij W .'M r, _,' t_",,S

Upon arrival in Beijing,
after a 15-hour flight
from Los Angeles, we
were met at the airport by our
guide and driver, with whom
we would spend the next (bour
days. We were taken to our
hotel, a fully westernized
abode, for a much-needed rest.
It was late in the evening and
morning would come much too
soon.

Our first trip to China, 1995,
was full of anticipation to see
the various sights that we had
read so much about: the Great
Wall, the Summer Palace, the
Forbidden City, the Ming
Tombs, etc. But our first con-
cern was that we were going to
spend a full four days with a
couple of total strangers.

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See IF

To(;uIm &R & VETERANS

A14 SUNIAY, NovIuiih'R 14, 2010

Hunger and Homeless
Coalition -Anyone who
knows of a homeless veteran
in need of food, haircut, voter
ID, food stamps, medical as-
sistance or more blankets is
asked to call Ed Murphy at the
Hunger and Homeless Coali-
tion at 382-0876, or pass
along this phone number to
the veteran.
The Citrus County Vet-
erans Coalition (CCVC) has
a monthly Veterans Benefit
Yard Sale at Our Lady of Fa-
tima Catholic Church, 550
U.S. 41 S. in Invemess from 5
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. the second
Saturday monthly that oper-
ates September through May.
Come and visit the CCVC
Veterans Benefit Yard Sale.
This event has grown, offering
treasures and collectables of
all descriptions. Plenty of ac-
tivities are available through-
out the sale with food vendors
on site, restroom facilities,
plenty of free parking.
Booths are available by
reservation for a tax de-
ductible donation of $10 per
space, $5 for veterans' organi-
zations and free to charitable
organizations on space-avail-
able basis by calling Richard
Floyd at 400-8952 between 1
and 7 p.m. Monday through
Friday. Reserved spaces not

occupied by 7 a.m. on yard
sale day will be sold on a first-
come, first-served basis to
those vendors who do not
have prepaid registration.
All proceeds help the Citrus
County Veterans Coalition
continue to work on their mis-
sion of "Veterans Helping Vet-
erans" and we hope the
community will also support
this effort in a way of thanking
them for their service to our
country.
Citrus County Veterans
Coalition is looking for female
veterans. Many functions go
on where we would like to in-
volve female veterans, but we
don't know how to reach
them. We are particularly
looking for World War II veter-
ans to participate in the pa-
rade this year, but all female
veterans are encouraged to
contact us. If you are a female
veteran and would like to be
involved, contact Cynthia
Holden at 628-6481 or e-mail
Cynthia@advocate4victims.or
9.
CCVC's Monthly Gen-
eral Meeting at New Loca-
tion and Dates for
November and December
The Citrus County Veterans
Coalition (CCVC) invites all
See NOTES/Page A15

der as well as three
grandchildren and four
stepgrandchildren.
They have lived in Citrus
County since 1976. Judy is a
retired teacher and her hu4-
band is a retired minister
and school psychologist. A
reception is planned for
family members.

ness/Jazmin Antoinette
Cepeda, Inverness
Lance Richard Wicker, Ho-
mosassa/Rebecca Lynn Blos-
som, Homosassa
Divorces and marriages filed
in the state of Florida are a mat-
ter of public record. For Citrus
County, call the clerk at 341-
6400.

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Judy L. and James Calvin
Mulder will soon celebrate
their 50th wedding anniver-
sary.
The couple were married
Nov. 26, 1960, at the
Nazarene Church in El-
lisville, Ill. They have three
children -, Tonja Mulder
Purtee, Doran and Lee Mul-

honorably discharged veterans,
tleir spouse, widows and wid-
6Nvers along with other vet-
4an's organizations and
current coalition members to
bur open business meetings at
6 p.m. at the DAV Building lo-
dated at 1039 N. Paul Dr. Inver-
riess just off U.S. 41.
'" 6 p.m. Thursday CCVC
Regular meeting
10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 9 -
CCVC Board meeting
'" 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16 -
CCVC Regular meeting
Regular meetings will re-
sume on the fourth Thursday
and Board meeting will be on
the second Thursday of each
month starting in January 2011.
Come see what the Citrus
Veterans Coalition is all about,
and if you feel you can assist in
the "Veterans Helping Veter-
ans" program, please come on
board as a member.
We are a service to needy
veterans' organization. We are
providing assistance to needy
and disabled veterans and their
families with minor repairs to
their homes through the gen-
erosity of volunteers who are in
the plumbing, electrical and
construction industry. We also
provide funds for annual schol-
arships to veterans' family
members who apply through
their school counseling serv-
ices.
If you are looking for an or-
ganization that devotes all of its
energy and fund raising to the
philosophy of "Veterans Helping
Veterans" then the Citrus
County Veterans Coalition
wants you! Annual membership
donation is just $10 for a calen-
dar year or $25 for three years.
We have life members and or-
ganizations from most of the
veteran's organizations in Cit-
rus County and we are not at-
tempting to take you away from
your parent organization.
The CCVC is a nonprofit,
corporation, and your donations
are tax deductible. Current
members should check their
membership card for expiration
dates, and renew with John
Ring 746-0826 or at the meet-
ing. Come on out and get in-
volved. For further information,
go to www.ccvcfl.org.
CCVC's Membership
Drive The Citrus County Vet-
erans Coalition (CCVC) invites
all honorably discharged veter-
ans, their spouse, widows and
widowers along with other vet-
erans organizations and current
coalition members to our open
business meetings on the
fourth Thursday of each month
at 6 p.m. at the DAV Building lo-
.ated at 1039 N. Paul Dr. Inver-
ness just off U.S. 41.
; If you are looking for an or-
ganization that devotes all of its
energy and fund raising to the
philosophy of "Veterans Helping
Veterans" then the Citrus
County Veterans Coalition
wants you. Come see what the
Citrus Veterans Coalition is all
about, and if you feel you can
assist in the "Veterans Helping
Veterans" program, please
come on board as a member.
Annual membership donation
is just $10 for a calendar year
or $25 for three years. We have
life members and organizations
from most of the veteran's or-
ganizations in Citrus County
and we are not attempting to
take you away from your parent
organization. Current members
should check their membership
card for expiration dates, and
renew with John Ring 746-0826
or at the meeting. Membership
applications are also available
oh the CCVC website
vww.ccvcfl.org. You can also
ceck the website for updated
hews and announcements. The
SCVC is a nonprofit, corpora-
tion, and your donations are tax
deductible. We are a service to
needy veterans' organization
providing food, assistance,
scholarships and more. Come

donate for the big flea market.
Bingo every Friday starting at
1 p.m.
Thursday: Post meetings
starts at 6 p.m.
Saturday: Flea Market, out-
side tables available, $10 call
the Post the reserve yours.
Time 8 a.m. to noon.
Everyday: Lunch from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m.
Rent the hall for any event -
a reunion, wedding reception,
birthday party, baby shower,
etc. We have a beautiful facility,
plenty of room and smoke free.
Covered patio available for
smokers; (352) 489-1772.
E Dumas-Hartson VFW
Post 8189 It was standing
room only last Thursday in the
canteen at VFW Post 8189.
The main meeting room, which
by the way is available to rent
for party occasions, had the
place jumping with the weekly
Jam Session.
The music reverberates be-
ginning at about 3 p.m. every
Thursday at the post, located
on W. Veterans Dr. west of U.S.
19 between Crystal River and
Homosassa. Bring a musical in-
strument and join the jam, or
simply come by to hear the of-
ferings.
Prior to the Thursday pro-
gram, of course, is today's rib
eye steak dinner with the usual
fixin's for $12. Prepared by the
Ladies'Auxiliary, the dinner is
offered every Sunday.
NFL football and wings high-
light Monday evening's action,
and Bingo is the attraction at 2
p.m. on Wednesdays. There's
something of interest daily. The
post opens at 1 p.m. each day
is open until 8 p.m. Sunday
and 9 p.m. the rest of the week.
Call 795-5012 for information
Trustee Larry Boatright has
had surgery and during the
Nov. 1 officers' meeting, Eric
Persons was selected fill in for
him. Also at that meeting judg-
ing began in the post's Voice of
Democracy competition, a na-
tionwide VFW program partici-
pated in by students.
Post Adjutant/Quartermast
Dick Bachtel announced this
year's membership drive has
boosted membership to 102
percent of its goal, ranking Post
8189 No. 5 in the state.
VFW membership is open to
men and women veterans who
have participated in an over-
seas campaign, including serv-

cial noon to 4 p.m.; smother
pork chops, $7.
First Saturday of every
month, slow-roasted prime rib
dinner, $9.75. All remaining
Saturday will be homestyle
dinners for $6.50, served 4 to 7
p.m. Guests welcome. To-go
orders are available for 25
cents extra. Call 637-0100.
Canteen open daily at 9
a.m., Monday through Satur-
day.
On Sunday, canteen opens
at 1 p.m. Members only, but
guests are allowed with a mem-
ber in good standing.
American Legion, Bev-
erly Hills Memorial Post 237,
4077 N. Lecanto Highway, in
the Beverly Plaza, invites all eli-
gible veterans and their families
to visit our post and consider
joining our Legion family: Amer-
ican Legion, Sons of the Ameri-
can Legion (SAL), or American
Legion Auxiliary (ALA). Color
Guard/Honor Guard accepting
volunteers. American Legion
Riders Chapter now being
formed.

SBA expands Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for vets

Special to the Chronicle

With thousands of service men
and women returning from wars
in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S.
Small Business Administration
and Syracuse University are ex-
panding their Entrepreneurship
Boot Camp (or Veterans with Dis-
abilities (EBV) to a seventh school,
Louisiana State University, and
launching two new entrepreneur-
ship programs for women veter-
ans and National Guard and

Reserve members and their fami-
lies.
According to the SBA, nearly
one quarter of veterans indicate
they are interested in starting or
buying their own small business,
and that percentage is even higher
among women veterans. With that
in mind, the growing partnership
between SBA and Syracuse Uni-
versity provides training on how to
start and grow a small business to
veterans, with programs targeted
to service-disabled veterans,

women, National Guard and Re-
serve members and their families
of the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
"When you consider the lead-
ership and management skills our
veterans develop while on active
and reserve duty, it's no wonder
we see more of them pursuing
their dreams as entrepreneurs
and small business owners," SBA
Administrator Karen Mills said.
"Through our partnership with
Syracuse University we are con-

tinuing to strengthen the tools and
resources available to them."
"We often speak about the sa-
cred trust we have with our serv-
ice men and women, and one way
we honor that trust is ensuring
they have every possible opportu-
nity for success," Mills continued.
"When it comes to entrepreneur-
ship, their success also means suc-
cess in driving economic growth
and creating jobs."
In 2009, SBA partnered with
Syracuse University, providing a

three-year cooperative agreement
providing funding totaling
$450,000, to support the univer-
sity's year-long EBV program on
six campuses. Now in the second
year of the partnership, with
SBA's support, the "boot camp" is
expanding to a seventh campus,
E.J. Ourso College of Business at
Louisiana State University. The
other five campuses are: the Uni-
versity of Connecticut School of

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Post meets fourth Thursday
at 7 p.m.
SAL meets first Tuesday at 7
p.m.
ALA meets fourth Wednes-
day at 7 p.m.
NFL Sunday Package to
view games on six TVs. WiFi
on premises and Wii games
available. Many upcoming vet-
erans' and community activities
planned, including several
charity fundraisers. Visit the
post for printed schedule or visit
the website at
www.post237.org.
For information, call the post
at 746-5018.
The H. F. Nesbitt VFW
Post 10087 in Beverly Hills off
County Road 491, directly be-
hind Superior Bank weekly
events as listed:
Today: Bingo in the big hall
beginning at 1 p.m. Lots of
games and lots of payouts.
There will be coffee and dough-
nuts. All the big-time sporting
events on our big-screen TV (to
include the NFL package) all af-
ternoon in the canteen with lots
of good cheer to go around.
Monday: The VFW Golf
League plays at different
courses. Contact Dick Sorrells.
The Cake Crab Company Golf
League plays at 8 a.m. at
Twisted Oaks G.C. Check with
Lou Kempf for available tee
times. Dart Tournament in the
canteen beginning at 7 p.m.
Tuesday: Pool tournament in
the canteen beginning at 1 p.m.
House Committee meeting and
staff meeting every second
Tuesday and post general
meeting every fourth Tuesday
monthly.
Wednesday: Ladies night.
Cookout serving hamburgers,
cheeseburgers and hot dogs
with all the trimmings for a
nominal donation from 4 to 6
p.m. We have card bingo from
5 to 7 p.m. hosted by the Men's
Auxiliary. We also have
karaoke and entertainment fea-
turing a different host each
week, beginning at 7 p.m. and
continuing until as late as 11
p.m.
Thursday: VFW Mixed Golf
League alternating between
Twisted Oaks Golf Club with an
8 a.m. tee time and Seven
Rivers Golf Club with an 8:30
a.m. tee time. Check with Rick
or Jayne Stasik for available
tee times. Pool tournament in
the canteen at 7 p.m.
Friday: Dart tournament start
time is 7 p.m.
Saturday: Karaoke nights
have been reinstated so come
on out and support your post
and support your favorite
karaoke host. Review your
monthly newsletter as well as
the Chronicle for further up-
dates. $1.25 day from 1 p.m.
until 5 p.m.
The Korean War Veter-

ans Association, Citrus
Chapter 192 meets at the VFW
Post 10087, Beverly Hills, at 1
p.m. the first Tuesday monthly.
Any veteran who has seen hon-
orable service in any of the
Armed Forces of the U.S. is eli-
gible for membership if said
service was within Korea, in-
cluding territorial waters and
airspace,, at any time from
Sept. 3, 1945, to the present or
if said service was outside of
Korea from June 25, 1950, to
Jan. 31, 1955. For information,
call Hank Butler at 563-2496,
Neville Anderson at 344-2529
or Bob Hermanson at (352)
489-0728.
The American Legion
Wall-Rives Post 58,10730
U.S. 41, Dunnellon.
Regular meetings of the Post
and Auxiliary are on the first
Wednesday of each month at 7
p.m. Dinner will be served from
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. for members,
wives and prospective mem-
bers.
Dunnellon Young Marines
meet every Tuesday from 6 to 9
p.m. Bingo is every Thursday
evening. Doors open at 4 p.m.
games start at 6 p.m. refresh-
ments available.
Outdoor Flea Market is every
third Saturday with vendor's fee
of $10. All-you-can-eat pancake
breakfast is every third Satur-
day from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m., for
a $5 donation.
Thursday, Nov. 25: Open
House Bingo will not be played
Thanksgiving Day evening. The
public is invited, to a free
Thanksgiving Dinner, from 11
a.m. to 2; p.m. by the Legion
Post and Volunteers of Amer-
ica. Call Jan of Jan's Nursery
for details 208-3514.
For further information, call
Carl Boos at (352) 489-3544.
Allen-Rawls American
Legion Post 77 and Auxiliary
Unit 77 meet the first Thursday
monthly at the Inverness High-
lands Civic Center at 4375 Little
Al Point Road, Inverness.
Potluck dinner at 6 p.m.; meet-
ing starts at 7:15. Auxiliary Unit
77 meets at the same time and
place. Call Post Cmdr. Norman
Provencal at 726-4257 or Auxil-
iary president Alice Brumett at
860-2981.
Oratorical contest for high
school, private and home-
schooled students in Hemando
and Inverness areas, as we
have done the past several
years. Information packets with
rules and entry forms for The
American Legion Oratorical
Contest will be available at Cit-
rus High School guidance
counselor's office. Private and
home-schooled students can
obtain the information by calling
Chuck Ferguson, Allen-Rawls
Post 77 Oratorical chairman at
341-2276.
The Post is looking for WWII
veterans who are interested in
riding in the Inverness Veterans
Day parade. Call Norman
Provencal, post commander at
726-4257.

U.S. Submarine Veterans
(USSVI)-Sturgeon Base meets
at 11 a.m. the first Saturday
monthly at the American Legion
Post 155, 6585 W. Gulf-to-Lake
Highway, Crystal River. Visitors
and interested parties are al-
ways welcome. Call Base
Cmdr. Billy Wein at 726-5926.
American Legion Post
166 meets 1:30 p.m., first Sat-
urday monthly at the Dumas-
Hartson VFW Post 8189 Ladies
Auxiliary facility on Veterans
Drive, Homosassa, on the west
side of U.S. 19 at Dixon's Auto
Sales across from Harley-
Davidson.
All former and current post
members, as well as all inter-
ested veterans, are cordially in-
vited to be a part of American
Legion Post 166. For more in-
formation, call Sam at 382-
4222.
Disabled American Vet-
erans Gerald A. Shonk Chap-
ter 70 and Auxiliary meets at
2 p.m. the second Tuesday
monthly at the chapter hall,
1039 N. Paul Drive, Inverness,
at the intersection of Independ-
ence Highway and U.S. 41.
The chapter is open for gen-
eral information Tuesday mom-
ings from 9 to 11 a.m. A service
officer is available to assist in
disability claims by appoint-
ment. Contact Bill Geden at
341-6875. The chapter now
has its own website
www.davachapter70@brave-
host. The chapter offers to the
public quality American-made
U.S. flags and all branches of
military service flags. Various
sizes are available. We are also
a collection point for the proper
disposal of flags that are no
longer serviceable. For further
information on our offerings,
chapter activities, veterans'
benefits or membership, con-
tact John Seaman at 860-0123.
For Auxiliary information, con-
tact Sonia Hayes at 527-3395.
Disabled American Veterans,
Gerald A. Shonk Chapter 70 of
Inverness announces the de-
sign of this year's Citrus County
Veterans Appreciation Com-
memorative Pin. In keeping
with this year's theme, "World
War II The Greatest Genera-
tion," the pin displays the U.S.
flag in the shape of Citrus
County superimposed with the
World War II honorable service
lapel button. The lapel button,
more commonly called the
"Ruptured Duck," was awarded
to military members who were
about to be discharged from
service.
The pins are available for a
donation of $2.50 and may be
obtained from DAV Chapter 70
by calling 344-3464 or John
Seaman at 860-0123. Other lo-
cations will be announced at a
later date. All proceeds go to-
wards DAV Chapter 70's schol-
arship and veterans' assistance
programs.
Seabee Veterans of
America (SVA) Island X-23
welcomes all Seabees and

Honeybees to its monthly meet-
ing at 10:30 a.m. the third Tues-
day monthly at Citrus Hills
Country Club, Rose and Crown
restaurant, Citrus Hills. Call
John Lowe at 344-4702.
Citrus 40/8 Voiture 1219
and Cabane 1219 conducts its
meetings at 7 p.m. the second
Thursday monthly at the Ameri-
can Legion Post 155 on State
Road 44 in Crystal River (6585
E. Gulf-to-Lake Highway). For
more information about the
40/8, call the Chef De Gare
Rick Logan at 795-4233; for the
Cabane, call La Presidente
Barbara Logan at 795-4233 or
visit us on the Web at
www.Postl55.org.
The Suncoast U.S. Navy
Armed Guard Veterans and
Merchant Marine Veterans of
World War II will conduct its
next meeting at 11:30 a.m. the
second Saturday, monthly at
Kally K's, 3383 U.S. 19 in
Spring Hill.
Aaron A. Weaver Chap-
ter 776 Military Order of the
Purple Heart (MOPH) meets at
2 p.m. on the third Tuesday of
January, March, May, July,
September and November at
the Citrus County Builders As-
sociation, 1196 S. Lecanto
Highway (County Road 491),
Lecanto, on the west side of
South Lecanto Highway, ap-
proximately one mile south of
State Road 44.
All combat-wounded veter-
ans, lineal descendants, next of
kin, spouses and siblings of
Purple Heart recipients are cor-
dially invited to attend and to

join the ranks of Chapter 776.
To learn more about Aaron A.
Weaver Chapter 776 MOPH,
visit the chapter's website at
www.citruspurpleheart.org or
call 382-3847.
The Marine Corps
League, Samuel R. Wall De-
tachment 1139 will conduct its
regular meeting at 7 p.m. the
third Wednesday monthly at
DAV Post 70 in Inverness at the
intersection of Independence
Avenue and U.S. 41 North. All
Marines are welcome. Call
Jerry Cecil at 726-0834 or
Wayne Howard at 634-5254.
Gilley-Long-Osteen VFW
Post 8698, 520 State Road 40
E., Inglis; (352) 447-3495.
Men's meeting is at 6:30
p.m. the third Wednesday
monthly.
Ladies Auxiliary meets at 5
p.m. the third Wednesday
monthly.
Men's Auxiliary meets at 7
p.m. the second Monday
monthly.
House Committee meets at 6
p.m. the third Wednesday
monthly.
Come join us for our Sunday
dinners. New big-screen foot-
ball games.
Sunday Steak dinner spe-
cial, every third Sunday
monthly.
Grilled to order by Rick (Z-Man)
Depue. Steak with baked po-
tato, salad, and roll for a $10
donation; advance tickets only
(we need to know how many to
thaw). 520 State Road 40 E.,
Inglis (one mile east of U.S.
19), (352) 447-3495. Everyone

is welcome.
Fleet Reserve Associa-
tion, Branch 186 will meet at 3
p.m. the third Thursday monthly
at the DAV Building, Independ-
ence Highway and U.S. 41
North, Inverness. Call Bob
Huscher, secretary, at 344-
0727.
Herbert Surber American
Legion Post 225 meets the
third Thursday monthly at 7:30
p.m. at the Floral City Fire Sta-
tion on U.S. 41. Work is pro-
gressing on a new home in
Floral City. All eligible veterans
are welcome to join our grow-
ing organization. Call Cmdr.
Tom Gallagher at 860-1629.
Write to: American Legion Post
225, P.O. Box 456, Floral City,
FL 34436; e-mail
Tgallagl @tampabay.rr.com.
Landing Ship Dock
(LSD) sailors meet at Denny's
in Crystal River at 2 p.m. the
fourth Thursday monthly. Call
Jimmie at 621-0617.
Marine Corps League,
Citrus County Detachment
819 will meet at 7 p.m. the last
Thursday monthly at VFW Post
10087 in Beverly Hills. All
Marines and FMF Corpsmen,
male or female, are invited to
attend. Call Commandant John
Koser at 422-0119.
VFW Post 4252 and
Ladies Auxiliary: All eligible
persons are invited to join. Stop
in at the post or call for informa-
tion. Post 4252 is at 3190 N.
Carl G. Rose Highway, State
Road 200, Hernando; phone
726-3339. Send e-mails to
vfw4252@tampabay.rr.com.

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There is always a risk to such an
event: Will we be compatible? Will
we be able to understand our guide,
as I speak no Chinese and often
have problems with their verbal in-
flections? What if? What if? ... and
we were locked into this contract!
All of 'those fears were quickly dis-
pelled as Kong, our guide, and
Hank, our driver, were everything a
dream holiday could be built upon.
Kong, especially, was well-educated,
university trained in Chinese his-
tory and most cordial in every re-
spect. We breathed a sigh of relief.
My fascination with China began
about 40 years ago when my family
connected with a Chinese family
who had recently moved to Jack-
sonville, where we were living at
the time. Their stories of living in
China when Mao Zedong was in
power and their escape to Hong
Kong and Australia in the hold of a
cargo ship were always intriguing.
China loomed larger and larger in
my vision, as I often read about
their many ancient icons.
When I think of a foreign country
my first thoughts are of physical
characteristics such as the Alps, Ni-
agara Falls, or the rivers of Europe.
Often, it is a famous monument such
as the Eiffel Tower, the London
Bridge, or the Taj Mahal.
It was the Great Wall of China that
became my obsession and was on
my list of places to visit. However,
our first destination was the For-
bidden City that mystical walled
enclave of 999 rooms that was home
to many emperors, and finally Cixi,
the Dowager Queen of China until
1908. Enjoying the history and mys-
tique of this fabled city built in the
1400s was already worth the trip.
Kong then told us that in two days
we would visit the "great war."
During the next few days we were
ushered to Tianamin Square, the
Summer Palace and the Temple of
Heaven, as well as more subordi-
nate destinations steeped in Chi-
nese history the hutongs, the
typical olden times communes in
large Chinese cities.
"Tomorrow we go to the great
war," Kong reminded us. Our cu-
riosity was piqued with every utter-

SBA
Continued from Page A16

Business, Mays Business
School at Texas A&M,
UCLA Anderson School of
Management, Florida State
University's College of Busi-
ness, and the Krannert
School of Management at
Purdue University.
Created and delivered by
a network of some of the
best business schools in the
country, it is designed to
leverage the skills, re-
sources and infrastructure
of higher education to offer
experiential training in en-
trepreneurship and small
business management to
veterans. Last year, the first
year SBA partnered with
Syracuse University, 129
service-disabled veterans
participated in the program.
Since the program's incep-
tion, more than 320
wounded warriors have
graduated to date and more
than 150 businesses to date
have been launched by

NEIL SAWYER/Special to the Chronicle
Some of the many steps along every section of the wall.

ance of "great war" and we were
most anxious to experience what we
believed would be another once-in-
a-lifetime experience.
Finally, the morning came, and as
we were leaving the hotel, Kong
said, "this is the day we go to the
'great war'." Hallelujah (we felt like
shouting), we'll probably see some
action like none ever witnessed be-
fore.
As we drove north out of Beijing
we saw various directional signs
pointing to the Great Wall. Duh! My
traveling companion, Karyn, and I,
looked at each other in wide-eyed
amazement. Slightly, but silently
embarrassed, we admitted to each
other that we had completely for-
gotten that Chinese (generally) do
not pronounce the letter "L." Our
destination was now abundantly
clear.
The phenomenal proportions of
the Great Wall are breathtaking as
they snake up and over the hills and
down into the valleys. It could be
seen for miles in both directions,
particularly the watchtowers that
dominated nearly every mountain
top. A considerable walk, then thou-
sands of stairs to climb, put us atop
a gigantic landmark that stretched
from the Yellow Sea to the Tibetan
Plains, a total length of approxi-
mately 5,500 miles, 20-foot wide
pathways at the top, and varying
heights up to 30 feet, plus the tow-

graduates.
Additionally, SBA is also
providing $2.6 million
through a cooperative
agreement over three years
for two new programs sup-
porting veteran entrepre-
neurs. The first, Women
Veterans Igniting the Spirit
of Entrepreneurship (V-
WISE), focuses on training,
networking and mentorship
for women veterans. The
three-day, off-site training
program, online training
and network support struc-
tures will be delivered in
several locations around the
nation, and anticipates serv-
ing up to 1,400 female veter-
ans over a 36-month period.'
The second new program,
Operation Endure & Grow,
targets National Guard and
Reserve members, their
families and business part-
ners. The goal of this pro-
gram is to mitigate the
economic hardship of de-
ployed members and their
families. The eight-week on-
line course will focus on the
fundamentals of launching
and/or growing a small busi-

ness for those who will sus-
tain the business when the
service member is de-
ployed, injured or killed.
Initially 550 individuals are
expected to participate. In
total V-WISE and Operation
Endure & Grow will serve
over 1,950 individuals and
their families.
The expansion of SBA's
partnership with Syracuse
University builds on more
than $1.25 billion in loan
guarantees for veterans in
its flagship 7(a) and 504 pro-
grams, and through its Pa-
triot Express loan pilot
initiative. In three years Pa-
triot Express has supported
nearly $550 million in loans
to more than 6,500 veterans
and spouses looking to es-
tablish or expand their
small businesses.
SBA reaches out to veter-
ans through its 68 local SBA
district offices, 16 Veterans
Business Outreach Centers
nationwide, and its partner-
ship with 1,000 Small Busi-
ness Development Centers
and some 12,000 SCORE -
Counselors to America's

ers.
Many travel maps show the Great
Wall as one continuous structure;
whereas, there are many sections to
the wall that were built at different
times, from about 220 B.C. to the
1500s. Many emperors, representing
a sequence of dynasties, ordered a
section of wall built in the areas of
greatest threat from invading Mon-
gols and other nomadic tribes.
That first trip in 1995 was simply a
warm response to my fascination of
the longest man-made structure on
earth. We returned in 2003, visiting
a different section of the wall, and
again in October, 2010, to yet a dif-
ferent section that had recently
opened to the public.
In the end we were not disap-
pointed in the fact that we didn't see
a "war" after all, but certainly the
remnants, a UNESCO World her-
itage Site, of where many wars were
fought.

Neil Sawyer is a 25-year Crystal
River resident and businessman. He
and his wife, Karyn, are extensive
travelers, venturing to foreign
countries two to three times a year in
addition to taking several domestic
excursions annually They prefer
independent travel or with small
group guided tours. E-mail him at
gobuddyttampabayrr.com.

The lake is also the last
home for Egypt's famed
crocodiles, with some
5,000 flourishing in the
cool waters, together with
monitor lizards, Nile geese
and the numerous birds
that can be seen from com-
fortable lounge chairs on
the Kasr Ibrim's polished
wooden promenade deck.
The cruise includes sev-
eral classy touches, like
cocktails at the start of the
trip as the ship sails past
the Tropic of Cancer, the
northern boundary of the
tropics. Then as the awe-
some statues of Abu Sim-
bel rise out of the waters
on the final day, the tri-
umphal sounds of Verdi's
Egypt-inspired opera
"Aida" burst out of the
ship's speakers.
The biggest highlights,
however, are the trips to
the rescued temples along
the way Guests clamber
aboard motor launches
and dart across the lake to
the ruins.
Many date from the time
of Ramses the Great,
Egypt's megalomaniacal
pharaoh, who filled the
Nile Valley with statues of
himself in the 13th century
B.C., culminating in the
colossi of Abu Simbel.
Ramses was only the lat-
est Egyptian pharaoh to in-
vade and subjugate Nubia,
carrying off its gold, ivory
and cattle, but also re-
cruiting its men for his
armies.
At the Beit al-Wali tem-
ple near the High Dam, he
filled the walls with carv-
ings of his victories over
the Nubians, his chariots
trampling defeated armies
and lopping off enemy
heads.
Farther south at Ram-

ses' Wadi el-Seboua tem-
ple, which includes an av-
enue of sphinxes at the
entrance, history has left
other signs. Crosses
carved in the wall and
paintings of St. George
above the altar speak of
the arrival of Christianity
to the deep south.
Egypt experienced mas-
sive persecutions by the
Roman Empire, culminat-
ing in 284 A.D. with Em-
peror Diocletian's "Time
of Martyrs" that so scarred
the Christians that the
Egyptian Church now
dates its calendar to it.
Many Christians fled to
remote monasteries in the
desert or deep into Nubia
to escape the reach of the
Romans and they con-
verted the old temples into
churches, often defacing
the images of the old gods
even as they worshipped
in their shadow.
The temple of Kalabsha
near Aswan and the Dakka
temple farther south are
interesting as well be-
cause they date to Egypt's
Greek and Roman periods
around 1,000 years after
the heyday of the
pharaohs.
Mindful of the culture of
the country they were oc-
cupying, the Ptolemaic
and Roman overlords
closely mimicked the an-
cient styles and honored
the old gods with a few
improvements.
Greek-trained crafts-
men carved the familiar
Egyptian deities in the
more contemporary bas-
relief style with more
physical detail, yielding
beautiful wall carvings
that have now been art-
fully lit from below.
The ancient Egyptians
often covered temple walls
with plaster and carved
into it an easier method
that did not, however,
stand the test of time.

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Share Club plans
trip for comedy
Citrus Memorial Health Sys-
tem's Share Club has tickets
to the Feb. 13 Broadway
smash "Mel Brooks' Young
Frankenstein." This is a musi-
cal comedy to be staged at
Ruth Eckerd Hall in Tampa.
Price includes roundtrip
motor coach, orchestra seats
and all taxes and gratuities.
There are two motor coach
pick-up points in Citrus
County. Place your name on
the list to reserve a seat; pay-
ment is due Jan. 5. Call Deb-
bie Muir at 860-2805 for more
information.
Lady Journey
Seekers to meet
The Lady Journey Seekers
will meet at 6 p.m. Monday,
Nov. 15, at the Crystal River li-
brary. A presentation and dis-
cussion on China will be
given.
All women are welcome to
attend. For more information,
call Val at 795-0358.
CRWC to Kennedy
Space Center
The CRWC invites the pub-
lic to join them on a one-day
trip to the Kennedy Space
Center at Cape Canaveral on
Wednesday, Nov. 17. It will be
a full day, leaving Meadow-
crest at 7 a.m. and returning at
approximately 10:30 p.m.
Price includes escorted
motor coach, admissions, buf-
fet dinner, all taxes and gratu-
ities. It will involve lots of
walking; make reservations as
soon as possible.
Call Joan Sweety at 564-
8773 or Jo Ann Ryan at 382-
1138.
Tampa Downs
trip slated
The GFWC Woman's Club
of Beverly Hills is sponsoring a
trip to Tampa Downs to view
thoroughbred horseracing on
Saturday, Jan. 22. Cost in-
cludes, bus transportation
from the Winn-Dixie in Mead-
owcrest, reserved seats in the
clubhouse, program and a buf-
fet.
All proceeds from these
trips assist the club in their
charitable causes throughout
the county. There are a limited
number of seats for this trip,
so if you are interested call
Rosella Hale, club president,
at 746-2545.
Co-op club offers
travel ops
The Co-Op Club plans ac-
tivities for single women, cou-
ples, widows and widowers,
something for just about
everyone. Many trips are
planned for this season, rang-
ing from state parks to holiday
shopping at downtown Disney.
Travel with the Co-Op Club
to the IKEA Store in Tampa on
Sunday, Nov. 21, for free
cooking demonstrations by
celebrity chef Claudine Pepin,
daughter of world-renowned
chef Jacques Pepin. Learn
basic kitchen know-how from
the 2002 Academie Cluinaire
de France-Filiale des Etas
Unis "Woman of the Year," in
the Showroom Kitchens de-
partment.
The group will depart Citrus
County at 10 a.m. and return
at 6 p.m. Trip includes trans-
portation, sweet treats and a
driver tip.
Visit the website at www.
flcitrustravelcoop.com. Some
upcoming day trips for Decem-
ber are: Premium Outlets in
Ellenton on Dec. 4 and Down-
town Disney with lunch at the
Rainforest Cafe on Dec. 14.
Contact Carol at 410-3150
or Karen at (352) 270-8854 to
sign up; space is filling up
quickly for all trips.
Senior Friends for
Life to gather
On Nov. 19, Senior Friends
for Life will go to Frankie's
Restaurant, 1674 N. Florida
Ave., Hernando, next to the
KMart Mall on U.S. 41 in In-

verness. Lunch is at 11 a.m.
from the menu.
The club plans to go to the
Dec. 5 Sunday matinee of the
Singing Christmas Trees at
First Baptist Church, 700 N,
Citrus Ave., Crystal River. The
program starts at 4 p.m.
Senior Friends for Life on
Dec. 10 will take a bus trip to
the Word of Life in Hudson to
see the "Sights and Sounds of
Christmas" starting at 2:30
p.m. Meet at Winn Dixie Plaza
at 9:30 a.m.; the bus leaves at
10 a.m. The second stop will
be at 10:30 at the Walmart in

Inverness next to Wendy's.
Lunch will be at the Word of
Life prior to the program. Cost
is $52 for trip, lunch and the
show. Payment must be made
at the time of reservation. Bus
seating will be made at the
time of payment. All reserva-
tions must be made by Nov. 1.
For reservations for any of
these activities, call Astrid
Grant at 341-0346 or Myrna
Hocking at 860-0819. Anyone
who needs a ride should let us
know at the time when reser-
vations are made.
Valentine's Day
Cruise with BHRA
The Beverly Hills Recre-
ation Association at 77 Civic
Circle invites all to sail Feb. 12
on Carnival's ship, the "Inspi-
ration" for a five-night cruise
that sails from Tampa Bay to
the tropical ports of Grand
Cayman and Cozumel, Mex-
ico.
Cost includes the room,
roundtrip motor coach trans-
portation, along with port
charges and government
taxes. To reserve a stateroom
or for questions, call the asso-
ciation at 746-4882 or Just
Cruise and Travel at 726-
2889.
Visit the Aquarium
and Brewery
A&E Travel Club presents a
trip to Florida Aquarium and
Tampa Brewing Company.
This tour is designed for those
people who cannot get away
during a workweek. This trip
departs on a Saturday. Enjoy
the Florida Aquarium, eco-
boat tour and end the day at
the Tampa Brewing Company
for lunch. Beermasters will be
on hand to introduce you to
the different brews and tasting
will be on your own.
The trip will be Saturday,
Jan. 15. Cost includes
roundtrip bus, Florida Aquar-
ium and boat tour and lunch.
Call Debbie Muir alt 860-2805
for more information.
Hop on the bus
with BHRA
For a special treat during
the upcoming holiday season,
the Beverly Hills Recreation
Association is sponsoring a
trip to the Show Palace in
Hudson on Thursday, Dec. 16,
to enjoy the Christmas per-
formance. Everyone interested
in attending can sign up now.
This is an afternoon event.
There is an easy payment
plan for everyone's conven-
ience, and includes tickets,
roundtrip bus ride, buffet
lunch, the show and all taxes
and tips. The bus will leave at
10:30 a.m. from the Beverly
Hills Recreation Association
parking lot.
For further information, call
the office at 746-4882 be-
tween 9 and 4 p.m. Monday to
Friday.
BHRA day trip
to St. Augustine
The Beverly Hills Recre-
ation Association invites the
community to motor with them
to historic St. Augustine on
Tuesday, Dec. 7, just in time to
see this quaint area dressed
up for Christmas. Cost in-
cludes roundtrip motor coach
transportation, a one-hour tour
of the city, and a hop-on-hop-
off voucher for the Old Town
Trolley.
The coach leaves the park-
ing lot of the recreation center
at 77 Civic Circle promptly at

7:30 a.m. We will depart from
St. Augustine at 4 p.m.
Register for the trip at the
recreation center from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday.
For questions, call 746-4882.
C.R. Lions Club to
Cruise for Sight
Crystal River Lions Club will
sponsors a cruise on Royal
Caribbean cruise lines sailing
from Tampa to Cozumel, April
7 through April 11. One hun-
dred dollars from each cabin
booked will go to Crystal River
Lions Club.
These funds are used in the
community for glasses for
those who can't afford them,
guide dogs, schools for the
blind and many other causes.
This cruise offers an opportu-
nity for participants to get to
know local Lions and what
they do. New members who
want to make a difference are
always welcome.
For prices and information,
call Cruise One Travel at 746-
7640 or Janet Home at 212-
0667.
Jerseyites, friends
head to Biloxi
The New Jersey and
Friends Club of Citrus County
will take its annual bus trip to
the Beau Rivage Casino in
Biloxi, Miss., from Jan. 30 to
Feb. 2. Casinos will give food
coupons plus "play money."
Contact Mary Anne for more
information at 746-3386.

Center has 'seniors
on the move'
"Seniors on the Move" of-
fers trips to the community
centers, movies, flea markets,
libraries, parks, beach, the-
ater, shopping trips you
name it.
Recent surveys have shown
that seniors in our county
listed socialization as some-
thing they lacked our Sen-
iors on the Move hope to
change this so if you would
like to enjoy the benefits of this
program, or just want further
information, call Sue Carscad-
den at 527-5959.
Seniors on the Move is a
program of the Nature Coast
Volunteer Center.

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The benefit information provided herein is a brief summary, but not a comprehensive description of available
benefits. For more information contact the plan. Benefits described above do not apply to all plans.
For accommodation of persons with special needs at sales meetings, call 1-800-421-7864, (TTY: 711),
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kid to pay rent at home

Dear Annie: My 20-
year-old son from a
previous marriage
lives with my husband and
me. "Jacob" is in his second
year of college and main-
tains a B average. He has
worked the same part-time
job since he turned 16 and
pays all of his
own bills, includ-
ing car insur-
ance, cell phone
and basic neces-
sities. Student
loans cover his

terrific kid,
never disrespect-
ful, and is loved
by everyone.
When my hus- _
band and I mar-
ried six years
ago, we agreed *,
that as long as
the kids were full-time stu-
dents, they could live here
without paying rent. Unfor-
tunately, my husband re-
cently changed his mind
and feels that Jacob should
pay for his room and board
or move out He is quite
aware that in order to do
this, Jacob would have to
find a full-time job and
might need to drop out of
school.
I have talked to my hus-
band until I am blue in the
face. I raised my two chil-
dren on my own and have
often been complimented
on the wonderful job I did.
Jacob is rarely home to eat
meals and doesn't cost much
to maintain. We are finan-
cially secure and don't need
the rent money. This situa-
tion has turned into a power
struggle and is causing a
major problem in my mar-
riage.
Jacob is not yet aware of
the disagreement behind
the scenes, but I know he
has always thought my hus-
band dislikes him, and there
may be some truth to it. Is

there a possible compro-
mise I haven't thought of? -
Tug-O-War
Dear Tug: Jacob sounds
like a great kid, and it's too
bad your husband doesn't
appreciate him. Can Jacob
pay a nominal fee that
would placate your husband
and not break the
bank? Would your
husband, in his
eagerness to get
Jacob out of the
house, be willing
to cover room and
board in a college
dorm? Although
we are in favor of
adult children
paying a reason-
able amount of
rent, in this in-
stance, your hus-
-' ~" band is wrong.
The two of you
had an agreement, and he is
reneging.
Dear Annie: I send out
handmade cards to friends
and family for their birth-
days, anniversaries, etc. It
hurts my feelings when I
take the time to make an in-
dividualized card and the
person doesn't mention any-
thing to me about it, not
even "Hey, I got your card!"
If I receive a card, I like to
contact the person to say
thank you and let them
know how thoughtful it was.
This is how my mother
raised me. Is there etiquette
for this type of thing? -
Constant Card Sender
Dear Card Sender: The
proper way to acknowledge
a card is with a phone call
or an e-mail. If you see
someone to whom you have
sent such a card, it is per-
fectly OK to ask whether it
was received. However, we
believe the amount of time
and effort you put into your
cards makes the lack of ac-
knowledgement particu-
larly hurtful. Scale back
DearAnnie: This is in re-

spouse to "Out of Concern,"
whose neiolihir has body
odor even though she
bathes.
I am a nurse and had a co-
worker with relentless body
odor. She had gone to sev-
eral physicians, but with no
relief. She tried every type
of deodorant and changed
her clothing and soap, but
nothing helped. She fiiall.
found an "old-time" doctor
who told her that her prob-
lem was a zinc deficiency.
He put her on a supplement.
In a few short weeks, she
lost her body odor.
When I was growing up,
my mother used to tell us
that zinc deficiency was re-
sponsible for "stinky" feet.
When my son was on the
wrestling team, his tennis
shoes were banned from the
locker room because of the
horrendous odor. I gave him
zinc, and his feet stopped
smelling.
People who have inade-
quate nourishment and
poor diets often have linger-
ing body odors, even with
proper hygiene. Hope
this Helps
Dear Hope: Thanks. Be-
fore taking zinc supple-
ments, please see your
doctor.

used to hate Brussels
sprouts. The only way I
had ever had them was
boiled, and they were
smelly and disgusting.
Then 1 found a recipe for
pan-fried Brussels sprouts
in bacon. Now, be honest, is
there anything that a little
bacon cannot improve?
There is a reason we are
in the midst of a
bacon boom -
it's not just for
eggs and ham-
burgers any-
more. I've seen
pictures, some
quite disturb- .
ing, of bacon- ,
wrapped jelly
doughnuts,
bacon pizza,
BLTs without .' ::.
the L and the T,
chocolate-cov-
ered bacon, deep-fat fried
bacon and bacon on a stick.
One company has intro-
duced Baconnaise may-
onnaise with bacon in it to
save you the trouble of
adding bacon to tuna salad.,
I hear someone has also in-
troduced a bacon-scented
aftershave. If that is not il-
legal, it is certainly irre-
sponsible. What woman can
resist a man who smells of
bacon? It could wreck the
balance of power in the war
between the sexes.
But can bacon power
save something as intrinsi-
cally loathsome as Brussels
sprouts? I'm here to tell
you, "Yes." If you still boil
Brussels sprouts after read-
ing this, you are committing
a crime against nature. I

think my mother did it be-
cause in the '50s and '60s
vegetables were something
you ate in spite of their
taste. You ate them because
there was this vague idea
out there that they were
good for you. Other than
mashed potatoes with gravy
and corn on the cob, I can't
think of a vegetable dish my
Smother made that
wasn't a penance
you ate for having
;. meat. Maybe they
are good for you,
but not after
they've had what-
ever was good in
them boiled out. I
don't know what
people had
against vegetables
back then, but
they would do
anything to keep
them from tasting like veg-
etables: creamed corn,
creamed spinach, creamed
peas. If you could put some-
thing crunchy on top of a
creamed vegetable, then
you were in the realm of the
daring and exotic.
"Baked bread crumbs on
top of creamed string
beans! You must give me
the recipe!" Some may say
that mixing in toothsome,
fat-filled bacon is not the
healthy answer either. And
if you're a vegetarian, you
probably didn't get this far
anyway; who cares what
you think? But if you did get
this far, just because some-
thing doesn't contain meat
doesn't automatically make
it a healthy food. Dough-
nuts? Candy bars? Potato

chips? Popcorn?
I'm just telling you, if you
cut your Brussels sprouts in
half and pan fry them in
bacon drippings and then
crumble some bacon on
them, you will start eating
your vegetables. Drip a lit-
tle balsamic vinegar on
them and McDonald's could
sell them faster than
French fries.
So, as a new sprout con-
vert, I planted some in my
garden this year, and they
took off. Finally, I found
something the deer won't
eat Now, after a few frosts,
I have harvested 25 pounds
of sprouts, but people won't
eat them. The same folks
who were happy to be gifted
with tomatoes, garlic, pep-
pers and eggplants from our
garden won't touch the
sprouts.
"Oh, thanks, I still have
some from last year," said
one neighbor, even though I
didn't grow them last year.
"I'm cutting back on cru-
ciferous vegetables," said
another fast-thinking
friend.
"I hear they make great
compost," is something I
hear a lot.
"But you like them, don't
you?" I asked Sue.
"Very much," she said.
"About once a year."

Jim Mullen is the author of
"It Takes a Village Idiot:
Complicating the Simple
Life" and "Baby's First
Tattoo." You can
reach him at
jim mullen@myway.com.

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Challenge on
the Links:

Hosted by Plantation
Golf Resort & Spa

The Caruth Camp Challenge annual golf tournament is slated for
Thursday, November 18th at the Plantation Golf Resort & Spa,
and the beneficiaries will be our community's children.
Organizers of the tournament hope to break the $18,000 mark from
sponsorship money, with all monies raised benefitting the Florida
Sheriffs Youth Ranches. "It's been close to 20 years that we've been
holding this event and it's the biggest fundraiser that Caruth Camp puts
on," said tournament organizer Bill Sizemore. "Caruth Camp provides
services to around 2,500 kids each year. That's a combination of two
programs. One is "Project Harmony that goes on during the school
year. It's a leadership retreat for middle-schoolers, and 12 weeks of that is
exclusively for Citrus County children." The other is "Harmony in the
Streets, a 5-day camping adventure for youngsters 6 12 years of age.
Participants will receive tee gifts and be able to attend a banquet after
tournament'play. "It's a wonderful thing," Sizemore said.
"We get out and have a good time and raise much-needed
funds for the children."
For more information or to register for golf, call Bill
Sizemore at 352-563-2480.

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The
Florida Sheri fts Youth
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Florida citizens with a unique and personal way to help the
ongoing fight against juvenile delinquency and neglect. Along
with the regular tag fees, the additional specialty tag donation
will help Florida's needy boys and girls find shelter, guidance
and confidence. To purchase your Youth Ranches specialty
plate today, please contact your local tax collector's office.

You May Find a Hidden
S"Treasure" at the
Opportunity Store

YVou never know what you'll find in the "Opportunity
Store" located in the Crystal Square Plaza in Crystal
River. Established by the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, Inc.
as a way to sell donated goods to local citizens, it has become a
form of recycling center for used-but-still-usable goods.
The low-cost items are often bought as necessities by
families with low incomes, while other visitors to the store
search out selected pieces of glassware, toys, collectibles,
furniture, bedding and more.
Donations come from all sources and in all sizes. Most
people carry in their used merchandise. For larger pieces or
quantities, pickup service can be arranged by calling 352-795-
8886.
Stop in at the Opportunity Store soon. You may find a
treasure that will make you grin. Any purchase made is certain
to help make needy children happier!
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from Sheriff
Jeffrey J. Dawsy

Each year, the Caruth Camp Challenge stands out as the single largest Citrus
County fundraiser that benefits the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, Inc. This fall
golf classic draws outstanding support from golfing enthusiasts, business leaders and
ordinary citizens who share a genuine commitment when it comes to "Florida's
charity for Florida's children."
The Caruth Camp is located just north of Inglis, off U.S. Highway 19, in
neighboring Levy County. While many of Citrus County's youth have spent quality
time at the camp itself, others have reaped the benefits of a youth ranch experience by
participating in affiliated programs like Harmony in the Streets and Project
Harmony.
Harmony in the Streets is an interactive five-day camping adventure designed to
nurture character building and teamwork in youngsters, ages 6-12. Project Harmony
is a weeklong leadership retreat that promotes communication, cooperation and
cultural understanding among middle school students.
Since 1957, the Florida Sheriffs youth ranches and camps have provided
counseling and referral services, plus residential group care, for at-risk boys and girls
around the state.
As caring supporters of the Caruth Camp Challenge, you have wisely recognized
that troubled youngsters with everything to lose are the very same ones with the most
to gain from new perspectives, helping hands and renewed self-worth.
On behalf of all of us at the Citrus County Sheriffs Office, heartfelt thanks for
your unwavering support of the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches. It's people like you
who give Florida's youngest citizens a second chance at building a successful future.

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* Due to press
problems and early
deadlines, portions
of the lottery and
updated sports
standings are
missing.

* South Carolina
held a 22.7 lead on
Florida at press
time. Please see
Monday's Chronicle
for the full story.

Photos by TED TRUE/Speclal to the Chronicle
Nathan Connor, far right, tees off for Inverness Golf & Country Club at the Inverness course during the Citrus Cup against 7 Rivers
on Saturday. 7 Rivers' Wayne Larsen hits a shot at Inverness Golf & Country Club.

Inverness Golf & Country Club leads 7 Rivers after first day of Citrus Cup

JOHN COSCIA
Chronicle
The scene was the Inverness
Golf & Country Club. And when
Nathan Connor teed off the first
tee on Saturday morning, history
was made. What was once only
the vision of Connor's and a cou-
ple of other area golfers was now
a reality.
Cornnor and his 16 teammates
were set to battle %x ith 16 mem-
bers trom the Seven Rivers
Country Club in the county's in-
augural Citrus Cup.
By the end of the first day of
the weekend-long competition,
Seven Rivers had won the battle
but IG&CC had won the war.
Seven Rivers' top team of Wayne
Larsen and Reid Callahan de-
feated IG&CC's top team of Jeff
Shelton and Nate Connor in both
of their matches. In the end, at
least on this day, IG&CC's depth
proved stronger as they took six
of the eight afternoon matches to
take a commanding 10-6 lead in
the quest for the first-ever event.
"It's a whole lot of fun. It's
great to get out here and mix it
up with another club," Seven
Rivers head pro Larsen admit-
ted. "The makeup of their club is
very similar to ours. They've got
their fair share of characters and
so do we. I think that their local
knowledge really showed on the

back nine. I'm looking for the
same thing in reverse when the
tournament shifts to our place to-
morrow."
As for Connor, the president of
IG&CC, he reiterated Larsen's
sentiments. "Their club is a lot
like ours. It was great to get to-
gether and it was a super atmos-
phere. Our members were out

following all of the teams around
and it was really a cool thing to
see. I'm sure their members will
be out in full force to support
them tomorrow at their place.
"Our team played great Even
though Jeff and I didn't do any-
thing to help the cause," Connor
laughed. "We had to overcome a
late substitution right before the

event teed off but everybody that
played wanted to be here and that
was the important thing. Our guys
really rallied on the back nine but
I totally expect a push from them
at their place (Sunday)."
In the morning session each
team won three matches and two
See CLIP/Page B4

Dewitt,

CR girls

bound

for state

JOHN COSCIA
Chronicle
TITUSVILLE All the
miles logged. The long days of
training. Countless hours in
the weight room. They're all
done in preparation of a day
like Crystal River's Geremy
Dewitt had at the Class 2A-2
region meet at Chain of Lakes
Park in Titusville on Saturday.
Dewitt, a senior, finished
fourth at the meet, and with
his time of 16:52 set a new
school record for the course
in the process.
"Geremy is the toughest kid,
mentally speaking, that I've
ever coached," Crystal River
head coach Tim Byrne ex-
plained, "Sometimes I can't
believe he's up where he is
and has done so
well. His form
isn't by any
means what
you would
call the best,
but his heart
is unmatched.
"He'll look beat
down physically but then he'll
get back off the ground and
keep going," Byrne's contin-
ued. "He just never gives up.
He makes it through it.
Geremy is just a super tough
kid mentally."
On Saturday Dewitt par-
layed all of that hard work
and never-say-die attitude
into a spot at next week's
Class 2A state meet. But De-
witt isn't just satisfied with
going to state, his is the intent
of placing well. In fact his eyes
are on the gold medal.
And why not? After all, yes-
terday he accomplished
something he hadn't all year,
namely, defeating Pasco's An-
thony Plourde, who after
leading for most of the race,
fell off the pace and finished
with a disappointing time of
17:15 and an 11th place finish.
Dewitt's strong finish has
him fired up as was evident by
his comments afterwards.
"The wind was killing me. I
was dying out there but I just
kept telling myself, 'don't give
up. You can do this, just don't
quit' Now my goal is to catch
the four guys that finished in
front of me at state (which will
include Lake Highland Prep's
Nick Papa, who ran a 16:32 to
win the race). I know I can do
it if I run my race and work
hard this week"
Dewitt's confidence was
temporarily tampered when
Byrne chided his senior run-
ner. "You're going to need to

Good tennis for a cause

See CR/Page B3

Wenger, Benoist qualify for state

CATHY KAPULKA" r.:?, ... II,..: o .r,:,,rl.:
Carrie Ingersoll returns the ball for a point in the first round of
a mixed doubles tennis match during the Legacy Tennis Tour-
nament of Citrus County at Skyview Tennis Center in Her-
nando. Ingersoll partnered with Joe Miller in a match up
against Sam Stiteler and Hank Keats. The tournament hon-
ored Pat Dixon, a long-time resident of Citrus County and a
well-known and well-liked tennis player who passed away due
to pancreatic cancer in November of 2009. Funds raised from
the tournament benefited both the boys' and girls' tennis pro-
gram at Citrus High School. Tournament play continues today.

Citrus jr., Lecanto soph. lone

Citrus County runners to advance
LARRY BUGG very well today," said
For the Chronicle Lecanto girls coach Bob
Lecours. "We move on to
NEW PORT RICHEY states next week at Little
Lecanto High dis- Everglades Ranch.
tance runner Chloe We have some high
Benoist has found a quality runners
home at the Class here. We'll see if
3A state meet. she can move up in
The sophomore the states next
qualified for her week."
fourth straight trip Also heading to
to the state Satur- the state meet at
day. She was fourth Little Everglades
overall with a time h Ranch in Dade City
of 19:06. She quali- is Citrus High run-
fled at the Class 3A- Lecanto runner ner Tim Wenger He
Region 2 meet came in 4th. finished eighth with
Saturday at New a time of 16:30.
Port Richey o "I did all right,"
Starkey Park. said Wenger, a jun-
"I felt good," ior. "I could have
Benoist said. l run a little better.
"There was a lot of v The main point of
good competition. I this race is to make
got my second best it to states. I went
time. This is the i j my freshman and
first time I have run Tim sophomore years. I
on this course. It's Wenger feel very excited
(going to state) Citrus runner right now."
pretty exciting." finished 8th. "I'm so proud of
"Both (Benoist him," said Citrus
and Sandi Boyington) did boys coach James Martone.

"He's worked really hard.
He knows what it takes. He
represents Citrus County
and our team with a lot of
heart and I am very proud
of him."
Lecanto High's Boying-
ton also ran but finished
24th in the girls race. Only
the top 15 runners advance
to state.
Benoist and Wenger qual-
ified as individuals. Nei-
ther Lecanto nor Citrus
High's boys teams qualified
for the regional.
Dunnellon High's boys
fell short of state. They
were 10th and only the top
six teams move on.
Durant High's Grace Van-
degrift and the Wiregrass
Ranch High boys and girls
all took titles Saturday at
the Class 3A-Region 2 Cross
Country Meet at Starkey
Park.
Vandegrift set a course
and personal record with
an 18:05 time.
Wiregrass Ranch High's
boys and girls took the re-
gional title along with most
of the meet team titles for
2010. The boys won with 40
points.
The Wiregrass Ranch

Friday night's girls soccer
match between Citrus and
Crystal River was a success
before the teams even
kicked off.
The match up repre-
sented the 3rd Annual
Breast Cancer Awareness
"Pink Out" Game, founded
by Citrus graduate Candace
Smith, between the two
schools and proved to in-
spire a better-than-
expected crowd attendance
while organizers provided
critical facts about breast
cancer in pre-game, pink
balloons draping the Citrus
Bowl stands, and raffled
pink gifts at half-time in
order to raise funds for
fighting the disease.
On the field, where play-
ers sported pink socks and
pink hair apparel, it was an-
other sort of success for the
hosting 'Canes a 7-0
shutout of their cross-county
rivals which featured a pair

of goals each by junior mid-
fielder Kylie Pagan and jun-
ior forward Haley Jones.
After tying its other coun-
try rival, Lecanto, 0-0 and
losing a game they felt
should have never lost to
Wiregrass Ranch, Citrus
head Coach Steve Ekeli
wanted his team to get back
to fulfilling more of its po-
tential.
His team answered the
challenge.
"The big thing for us was
to get back onto level
ground in this game and to
not check out mentally since
we are a young team posi-
tionally, even though we
have some excellent
strengths at the heart of the
team," said Ekeli. "How-
ever, if you told me before
the game to guess whether
we'd win 7-0, I would have
said absolutely not Overall,
we played a very intelligent
game against a rival that re-
fused to give up."
A penetrating dribble by
Jones seven minutes into

play ignited the Citrus (2-1-1 adopted from the boys'
overall) offense early when game and it can be rare to
she was fouled on her way see in girls high school soc-
to the Pirate goal, giving cer."
senior 'Cane midfielder Reynolds, along with
Stacey Bigge a Crystal River jun-
chance to score ior captain
on the ensu-i Haley De-
ing l)enal3 whurst and
kick. senior de-
Bigge later fender Kim
a s s i st ed Dixon, were
Fagan's first score busy fighting off
of the night for a 2-0 Citrus the aggressive 'Cane at-
lead at 25 minutes. tack all night with several
Sophomore forward Dey- clear-outs.
casha Miller added the After the half, Jones came
'Canes' third and final goal on strong for the 'Canes,
of the first half in stoppage scoring her pair of goals
time. Pirate junior de- within the first 11 minutes
fender Jessica of second-half play.
Reynolds helped .- Her first goal was
deny another made after rico-
Citrus scoring i;. cheting off a Pi-
chance shortly rate defender,
after Miller's while the sec-
goal with an : ond had
slide tackle that enough velocity
drove the ball to spin off the
away from the hands of sopho-
'Cane offensive front more Crystal River
"We did a great job of goalie Minnah Baranhas.
moving the ball from inside Just two minutes prior to
to the outside line, and back Jones' second goal, Bara-
inside again while taking nhas needed a tough save
care of the ball," said Ekeli. against a powerful shot by
"That's something we've Miller to limit the 'Canes'

momentum.
Citrus' fortunes would
continue into the early sec-
ond half, however, when
Fagan knocked in a header
at 54 minutes to the right of
the net from a sharp left
angle to the goal.
'Canes' senior midfielder
Alex Trick followed Fagan's
second score with the
night's final goal, coming
seconds after a corner kick
by Citrus.
At 73 minutes, Pirate
freshman Delaney Owens
was able to slip deep into
'Cane territory for a scoring
opportunity off of a pass by
senior Pirate captain Nicole
McPhee, but the ball was
defended at the last second
by senior 'Cane defender
Veronica Morton.
Morton is part of a group
of Citrus midfielders and
defenders, which also in-
clude Bigge and Trick, that
Ekeli confidently feels
match up against any play-
ers around.
"Our middle is able to
keep switching the field for
us by going sideline to side-
line and intelligently coun-
tering and dropping the ball
back when needed."

Pirate head coach Bill
Reyes understood his team
was less experienced as a
squad than Citrus, particu-
larly having a few players
need to sit on Friday, but he
felt his players too often
made self-inflicted errors.
"We'd have trouble win-
ning the ball and when we'd
sometimes win the ball, we
couldn't make a pass. Or if
we made a pass, we would-
n't make a play with the ball,
and so we were never able
to put together a complete
performance," Reyes said.
"Overall, we didn't win
the ball, and when you don't
win the ball you don't win
the game."
Despite his team's strug-
gles, Reyes was thankful to
the Citrus program and
Smith to have the opportu-
nity to play in the annual
"Pink Out" event to help a
cause that he personally un-
derstands the importance
of.
"I really appreciate being
a part of this game and what
it means,"'said Reyes. "It
has sentimental value to me
because I know two people
back home who have the
disease."

Warriors fall on Second-half surge

road to Pirates

SR's impressive season over

after 44-16 loss to St. Edward's

MICHAEL BIELECKI
For the Chronicle

VERO BEACH St Ed-
ward's won its 10th game
of the season when it beat
Seven Rivers Christian
School, 44-16, at home.
The Pirates play at home
for the Sunshine State
Athletic Conference
Championship on Thurs-
day, when they will play in
their first championship
game since 1991.
Seven Rivers started off
the game with an onside
kick, which was recovered
by Lonnie Scott of St. Ed-
ward's at the Seven Rivers
47-yard line. Cortez brown
ripped off a 14-yard run on
the first play from scrim-
mage, but the offense sput-
tered. Dillon Benson's
41-yard field goal attempt
went wide-left, and the
game stayed scoreless.
After a Seven Rivers
punt to midfield, St. Ed-
ward's capped a nine-play
49-yard drive when Jamari
Williams scored on a 1-
yard dive into the end
zone. Seven Rivers got the
ball back after a 12-yard
kickoff return by Andrew
Gage, and went three-and-
out again.
A 40-yard punt started
St. Edward's at their own
40. Brown and Williams
combined for 22 rushing
yards on a drive that once
again put the Pirates into
field goal range. Dillon
Benson failed on his 47-
yard attempt, and Seven
Rivers got the ball back
Seven Rivers put to-
gether a seven-play, 80-
yard drive which featured
two runs for 45 yards by
Winsor Sineus. John
Iwanic's 19-yard TD run
caped the drive, and a two-
point conversion run by
Sineus put the Warriors up
8-7.
St. Edward's responded
with their own seven-play
drive, which ended with a
37-yard Dillon Benson
field goal with 2:38 left to
play in the first half. This is
where the game changed.

The Pirates executed a
perfect pooch kickoff when
Benson lofted a ball that
hit the ground at the Seven
Rivers' 35 yard-line and
rolled for five more. The
Warriors weren't ready for
the surprise play, and
Devon Kahle recovered
the ball at the 30-yard line
without it touching a single
Seven Rivers player.
Seven Rivers Coach
Chad Turner credited the
St. Edward's coaches for
recognizing the perfect op-
portunity to try the pooch
kick. "That pooch kick
changed the game-it was
a great call," Turner said.
"Their staff made great
calls all game and over
time their strength and
numbers wore us down."
The play sparked two
quick touchdowns by St
Edward's. Scoring runs of
31 and 71 yards by J.D.
McGee and Williams put
the Pirates up 24-8 at half-
time.
McGee's run came two
plays after the pooch kick
After holding Seven Rivers
on the next series, .St. Ed-
ward's got the ball back at
their own 29 yard-line.
Williams ran the ball 71
yards for a touchdown on
the very next play, crossing
the goal line with 30.3 sec-
onds in the half. "McGee is
our top cornerback, and
our main guy for special
teams," Motta said. "He
doesn't get a lot of work at
running back, but he
stepped in and did a real
nice job."
St. Edward's went on to
control the game after
halftime, starting with a
10-play 35-yard drive
which ended when Collier
Proctor found Kahle for a
18 yard touchdown pass.
The Pirates scored two
minutes later when Brown
broke off a 39-yard touch-
down run.
The two teams ex-
changed touchdown runs
when Williams scored on a
23-yard touchdown run
and Sineus scored on an
18-yard TD run the very
next possession.

J. PATRICK RICE/For the Chronicle
Seven Rivers Christian junior quarterback Josh Downey
looks to hand the ball off against St. Edward's In the
semifinals of the Sunshine State Athletic Conference
Championship on Friday night in Vero Beach. The Warriors
suffered a 44-16 setback.

... ..

BRIAN LaPETER/Chronicle
Crystal River senior running back Willie Jackson (4) Is hit Friday night by Lecanto defensive backs Addison Holstein (rear)
and Brandon Dawes (middle) at Earl Bramlett Stadium in Crystal River. The Pirates scored 21 unanswered points in the
second half to defeat the Panthers 24-3 and win the county championship in football.

Crystal River scores 21 in last two quarters for 24-3 win over Lecanto

JON-MICHAEL
SORACCHI
Chronicle

It's a game neither team
wanted to lose but ultimately
only one was equipped to
win.
Crystal River got rushing
touchdowns from Willie Jack-
son and Napolean Hutcher-
son in the third quarter to
break open a tied ballgame
and propel the Pirates to a
24-3 victory Friday night at
Earl Bramlett Stadium
against Lecanto.
Jackson, a senior running
back, toted the ball 41 times
for 213 tough yards and two
touchdowns and the Pirates'
defense racked up two
turnovers and four sacks to
stymie Lecanto. The num-
bers gave Jackson over 1,600
yards rushing and 17 touch-
downs on the season.
Pirates head coach George
Arscott challenged his entire
team, particularly the offen-
sive line to step up its play,
and Crystal River responded.
"We made a couple of
changes," Arscott said. "We
just tightened our splits down
(on the offensive line) and
ran at them."
The Pirates rolled up 316
yards of total offense, not ex-
actly the numbers of an of-
fensive juggernaut but with a
fierce defense, more than
enough to get the job done.
Crystal River quarterback
Joseph LaFleur went 4-of-10
passing for 72 yards but hit
two plays of over 25 yards
and, more importantly, did
not turn the ball over to the
Panthers.
With the way each defense
played in the first half, the
score could have just as eas-
ily been 0-0. But Lecanto
kicker Blake Parsons nailed
a 31-yard field goal less than
a minute into the start of the
second quarter to give the
Panthers their first and only

lead of the contest
The three-pointer came
after Lecanto recovered a
punt at the Crystal River 30
that the Pirates were ruled to
have touched.
Crystal River junior Don-
nie Dewees nailed a 40-yard
field goal of his own with 24
seconds before halftime to
ensure the Pirates would not
be shut out in the first 24 min-
utes.
Interestingly enough,
Lecanto would have one last
chance to score off the leg of
Parsons by invoking a little-
used rule.
Crystal River (6-4 overall)
hit a high, very short ball on
the ensuing kickoff and
Lecanto signaled for a fair
catch at the Pirates' 40-yard
line. Following a fair catch on
a kick, a team can opt for a
free kick, which is similar to a
field goal attempt, except the
Panthers were able to kick
the ball off a tee with no Crys-
tal River rush to contend
with. The Pirates, however;
could also return the ball like
a regular kickoff.
Parsons' 50-yard attempt,
however; was just yards short
as the Panthers couldn't take
what would have been a sur-
prising lead heading into
halftime.
The Panthers (2-8 overall)
held Jackson to 63 yards on
18 carries in the first half, but
the Pirate finally broke
through with a 51-yard scor-
ing burst on fourth-and-2 to
deliver Crystal River a 10-3
advantage.
On the touchdown run,
Jackson used his great sense
of anticipation to allow block-
ing to set up in front of him
before bursting into the Pan-
thers secondary and outrac-
ing his opponents to the left
pylon to hit pay dirt
The score came after Pi-
rates cornerback Pedro Diaz
picked off an Addison Hol-
stein pass attempt Holstein

was pressed into relief duty
at quarterback after a hard
sack knocked Lecanto soph-
omore Scott Stearns out of
the game on the second play
of the second half. Stearns,
who appeared to suffer an in-
jury to his left (non-throwing)
arm, would not return.
After forcing a three-and-
out of Lecanto, Crystal River
took over at its own 25 and
put together the signature
drive of the evening. The Pi-
rates marched 75 yards on 13
plays, not once putting the
ball in the air The big run of
the drive came from Hutch-
erson, who galloped 26 yards
to the Panthers' 3 before
punching it in from three
yards out three plays later
"We had a couple of defen-
sive breakdowns in the third
quarter that hurt us," Allan
said.
A 14-point lead would
prove to be insurmountable
for Lecanto, who managed
just 125 yards of total offense
and had two turnovers.
Still, down two touch-
downs with 10 minutes re-
maining, the Panthers still
had a chance. Lecanto forced
a turnover on downs of Crys-
tal River at midfield and im-
mediately got a 15-yard pass
from Holstein to Vincent
Armstrong.
The Panthers stalled and a
third-down sack by the Pi-
rates' Manuel Henriquez
forced Lecanto to punt Hen-
riquez would single-hand-
edly thwart Lecanto's next
possession as well when the
sophomore defensive tackle
pursued Panthers wide re-
ceiver TJ. Jones 10 yards
downfield and stripped the
ball. Pirates defensive back
John McAteer recovered
with 5:15 left.
Crystal River added a
score with the game already
decided when Jackson scam-
pered in from seven yards
out with 20 seconds left. The

32-yard, five play drive to ef-
fectively end the game was
extended by a personal foul
on the Panthers after the Pi-
rates gained just one yard on
a pass from LaFleur to Dal-
ton Owens on third-and-8
from Lecanto's 16. In the
game's last minutes, the Pan-
thers got hit with four per-
sonal fouls and actually had
an assistant coach ejected
from the contest
Although neither side was
more to blame than the other,
the ugliness at the end of the
game marred what was oth-
erwise a hard, physical,
mostly well-played contest by
both teams up until that
point
'Any game that we're close
in at the half, we're going to
come out on top of it," Arscott
said. "It's always going to be a
bloodbath when you have
two rivals going at it I don't
care what the records are."
For Crystal Rive;r, Chris-
tian Balkcom had a 37-yard
catch in the second quarter
and Diaz had a 25-yard grab
on a swing pass in the first
quarter
Lecanto got 45 yards on
eight carries from sopho-
more Akeem Gibbs to lead
the way offensively for
Lecanto. Vincent Armstrong,
a senior wide receiver who
worked his way back from
major ligament damage sus-
tained during his sophomore
season, had a total of two
touches for 37 yards in the
fourth quarter
"I'm proud of the kids' ef-
fort for the whole year," Allan
said.
Lecanto's season is over
while Crystal River will host
a bowl game 7 p.m. Wednes-
day against West Port.
Jon-Michael Soracchi is
a spoils irporter br the
Clnvnicle. He can be
e-mailed atjmsolacchi@
chronicleonline.com or
reached at (352) 563-5660.
ext 1389.

TAMPA- Midway through what
Raheem Morris and the surprising
Tampa Bay Buccaneers describe as
a "race to 10" wins, the NFEs
youngest team isn't shying away
from talk about a goal of reaching
the playoffs in a rebuilding year.
The youthful but struggling Car-
olina Panthers look at their NFC
South rivals and can't help but won-
der what might have been if their
own modest expectations for suc-
cess had not been undermined in
part by inexperience and injuries.
Second-year quarterback Josh
Freeman has flourished for the
Bucs (5-3). Young QB's Matt Moore
and Jimmy Clausen haven't for the
Panthers (1-7), who've dropped
their last two games to St. Louis
and New Orleans by a combined
score of 54-13.
Tampa Bay won a September
meeting between the teams, 20-7 in
Charlotte, and is aiming for its first
season series sweep of the Pan-
thers since 2002, the year the NFC
South was formed.
"You look at Tampa, we're in the
same mold," Panthers linebacker
Jon Beason said, looking ahead to
Sunday's rematch. "We're a young
team. The difference is they were
able to get some wins early and get
some confidence. I think it's car-
ried on throughout the season."
The biggest reason is Freeman,
the third quarterback selected in
the 2009 draft behind Matthew
Stafford and Mark Sanchez.
The 22-year-old has led fourth-
quarter comebacks in six of eight
career victories and nearly pulled
off another in Atlanta to keep the

.:

Associated Press
Tampa Bay wide receiver Mike Williams and the Bucs will host the Carolina Panthers at 1 p.m. today at Raymond
James Stadium in Tampa. The Buccaneers are 5-3 overall and now 11/2 games behind the Atlanta Falcons.

Bucs atop the division last week.
With five wins at the season's
midpoint, Tampa Bay has already
surpassed its victory total for 2009.
That's also halfway to the 10 wins
that Morris believes will give his
team a good chance to get into the
playoffs.
Last week's 27-21 loss to the NFC
South-leading Falcons forced the
NFEs youngest head coach to back
off his declaration that the Bucs
were the best team in the NFC. But
it hasn't affected the 34-year-old re-
solve and confidence in his players.
Morris said his contention was
more about instilling an attitude
and belief than making a statement
about whether Tampa Bay is actu-
ally an elite team.
"We're still a work in progress.
There's no doubt about that. We
talk about that all the time," Morris
said. "By no means do I think we

have all the pieces."
The Panthers began the season
with the youngest roster in the
NFL. The Bucs replaced them last
month after releasing guard Key-
drick Vincent and tight end Jer-
ramy Stevens.
"These guys got to feel that they
can go out and be the best and com-
pete with the best every week,"
Morris said. "It is no different than
when you tell your children when
you send them out in the world to
be their very best. ... There is no
reason why we can't go out and
have a chance to compete for this
division this year."
Moore, who entered the season
as Carolina's starting quarterback,
was lost for the year to a shoulder
injury during last week's 34-3 loss
to the Saints.
Clausen, drafted in the second
round out of Notre Dame, will

make his fourth pro start Sunday.
Fellow rookie Tony Pike, who took
his first snaps in a regular season
game last week, moves into the No.
2 role.
Carolina has sputtered offen-
sively, regardless of who's been
under center ranking last in the
NFL in yards and points. As poorly
as Moore performed, Clausen's
numbers are worse with a 46.8 com-
pletion percentage, one touchdown
pass, four interceptions and two
lost fumbles.
Ideally, the Panthers would like
the run the ball to take the pressure
off their inexperienced quarter-
back
But with the team's top three
running backs DeAngelo
Williams, Jonathan Stewart and
Tyrell Sutton slowed by injuries,
second-year pro Mike Goodson will
start against the Bucs.

MELBOURNE, Australia
- Tiger Woods failed to
make up any ground in the
rain Saturday in the Aus-
tralian Masters, shooting an
even-par 71 that left him re-
signed to going an entire
year without a victory.
Adam Bland, who is
headed to the second stage
of PGA Tour qualifying
school next week in Califor-
nia, started and finished
with a birdie for a 1-under
70 that gave him a three-
shot lead over Daniel Gaunt
- and 10 shots clear of
Woods, the defending
champion.
Woods was at 1-under 212,
and will need the biggest
comeback of his year to win.
Bland briefly slipped into
a share of the lead with
Andre Stolz after a bogey on
the eighth hole, but a birdie
on the par-5 ninth allowed
him to regain the outright
lead, and he never trailed
again. He finished with a

to reach 11-under 202 at
Victoria Golf Club.
Gaunt had a 68 and will
be in the final group with
Bland. Stolz had a 72 and
was four shots behind.
Children's Miracle
Network Classic
LAKE BUENA VISTA-
Roland Thatcher remained on
track in an improbable bid to
keep his PGA Tour card, shoot-
ing a 2-under 70 to take a four-
stroke lead in the Children's
Miracle Network Classic.
Thatcher began the season-
ending event 179th on the
money list and needs to win or
finish alone in second to vault
into the top 125 the cutoff for
full status to retain his card.
Nos. 126-150 get partial status.
Thatcher would have had a
record 54-hole lead at Disney if
hadn't given back three shots
over the final two holes to finish
at 18 under. Tim Simpson had
a six-stroke lead after three
rounds in his 1990 victory.

ond.
Lorena Ochoa Invite.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico-
Suzann Pettersen moved into
position for her first LPGA Tour
victory of the year, shooting a
3-under 69 to take a one-stroke
lead in the Lorena Ochoa Invi-
tational.
Pettersen, the Norwegian
star who has 10 top-five fin-
ishes season, was 12 under on
the Guadalajara Country Club
course. She had five victories
in 2007 and also won the 2009
Canadian Women's Open.
Ai Miyazato (68), Stacy
Lewis (69), In-Kyung Kim (68)
and Karine Icher (68) were tied
for second, and second-round
leader Paula Creamer (72) was
another stroke back at 10
under.
Pettersen birdied five of the
first 10 holes to reach 14
under, but dropped two strokes
with bogeys on the par-4 15th
and par-3 17th.
Ochoa, playing her first

Federer bounced from Maste:

Monfils beats

star to reach

Parisfinal

Associated Press
S - -- --- -- .
PARIS Gael Monfils
saved five match points to
beat top-seeded Roger Fed-
erer 7-6 (7), 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4) and
reach the Paris Masters final
against Robin Soderling.
Soderling saved three
match points before overcom-
ing Michael Llodra of France
6-7 (0), 7-5, 7-6 (6).
Monfils faced five match
points in the 12th game of the
final set before forcing the
tiebreaker with an ace.
Federer :shanked a fore-
hand to give Monfils two
match points, and the French-
man converted the first with a
service winner.
"He's someone I admire a
lot," Monfils said about Fed-
erer. "He's a legend of tennis,
THE legend, and beating him
is a beautiful victory. I will re-
member it for my whole life."
Federer had a 5-0 record
against Monfils before their
semifinal.
In the first tiebreaker, Fed-
erer fired an ace at 6-5 down
to erase a set point then hit a
forehand winner for a 7-6

lead. But Monfils replied with
a service winner to level at 7-7
before a wide service return
from the Australian Open
champion gave Monfils a set
point that he converted when
Federer netted a forehand.
Federer bounced back by
winning five straight points to
take the second set.
In the third, Federer broke
for a 2-0 lead on an unforced
error from Monfils.
"I guess I had control over it
in the third, went a break up,"
Federer said. "That's a disap-
pointment there. It's a tough
match to lose."

Federer dropped ser
the seventh game with a
forehand and M
snapped a backhand w
to level at 44.
"What really made m
lieve I could win is tha
moment with that fore
where he gave me the
point," Monfils said.
Despite the defeat, Fe
remained upbeat about
end of his season.
"In a way it is a relief
was able to finish the to
ment in good physical he
Federer said. "I'm fresh
tally, too.

Associated Press
Tiger Woods watches his ball after an approach shot during
the third round of the Australian Masters on Saturday at
Victoria Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia.

LPGA Tour event since retiring
in April, shot a 69 on her home
course, leaving her 10 shots
back in a tie for 24th.
Singapore Open
SINGAPORE -Adam Scott
shot a 2-under 69 to take a
one-stroke lead into the final
round of the Singapore Open,
a tournament he won in 2005
and 2006 at Sentosa Golf Club.
The Australian had a 14-

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week."
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replied.
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confidence return
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challenge coach. Br
it on, I love it."
While Dewitt \
the only member
the Pirates boys te
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time of 22:32) a
that I Larissa Gough (4.
mrna- with a time of 22:56
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men- girls race was Co<
Beach's Shelby Dav

under 199 total.
Defending champion lan
Poulter (68) and Kang Kyung-
nam (68) were tied for second,
and U.S. Open champion
Graeme McDowell (68) was
another stroke back. Phil Mick-
elsen fell off the pace with a 75
that left him 12 strokes behind
Scott in the event sanctioned
by the Asian and European
tours.

son who ran a phe-
nomenal time of 18:09
to beat her closest
B1 competitor; teammate
Savannah Bradley by
you 1:17 minutes. Also
ant competing for the
dal Crystal River girls
ext team and advancing
were Martina Tofoya
vitt (51st with a time of
23:11) and Kristen
r of Dunlap (54th with a
ed. time of 23:18).
ire. "We were expecting
. a and hoping for a little
'ing better today," Crystal
River girls head coach
vas Lisa Carter admitted.
of "But it's been a good
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i a our competition. But
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AVONDALE, Ariz. -Carl
Edwards won the Nation-
wide Series race Saturday
at Phoenix International
Raceway, setting himself up
for a big weekend for
Roush-Fenway Racing.
Edwards dominated the
Nationwide race, leading
153 of the 200 laps while
beating runner-up Kevin
Harvick by 5.210 seconds.
He was that good despite
missing the final practice on
orders from team owner
Jack Roush, who wanted the
driver to concentrate on his
Sprint Cup Series car.
Edwards will start from
the pole in Sunday's main
event He set a track record
in qualifying, and was the
fastest car in all three Cup
practices.
"It's already been spe-
cial," Edwards said of his
weekend. "We've got one
more thing to do, and that's
go win that race. We got the
pole, the win here, it's going
well.
"I am enjoying myself,
that's for sure."
He was skeptical when
Roush told him to skip the
final Nationwide practice,
but Roush said he made the
rare move of stepping in
and giving an order.
"I thought I should take
the heat if it went horribly
bad," Roush said.
So far, so good.
It was Edwards' second
consecutive Nationwide vic-
tory he also won last
weekend at Texas and his
fourth of the season.
Like Edwards, Harvick
skipped the final Nation-
wide practice and was look-
ing forward to Sunday. He's
third in the Chase for the
Sprint Cup championship
standings, and trails leader
Denny Hamlin by 59 points
with two races remaining.
"It was just a solid day,"
Harvick said. "Always want
to win, but hopefully we can
save that for Sunday."

ended all squared and the
tournament was all squared
as the teams headed to the
back nine.
Winning matches for
Seven Rivers were Wayne
Larsen/Reid Callahan 2 and
1 over Jeff Shelton/Nathan
Connor, Chuck
Demicoli/Bob Beaufait 3
and 2 over Steve
Bagby/Jason Russ and Dick
Hutchinson/Bob Sherman 1
up over (IGCC) Eric Evil-
sizer/Billy Shoemaker. The
three winning pairs for the
Inverness Golf & Country
Club were John Martin/Dave
McKean 2 up over Curt
Spring/Tom McLaughlin,
Scott Toumbleston/Jack An-
derson 2 and 1 over Bob Eis-
erman/Jim Moss and Mike
Downing/Chris Bernhard 4
and 3 over Rick Moor-
beck/Dick Laxton. The other

two matches between (IGCC)
Charles Kelly/Mike Russ
and (SR) Jim
Anspach/Sonny McKee and
Lee Schultz/Corey Gibbs
and (SR) Joe Rio/Duke McK-
earney finished all square.
The afternoon session of
alternate shot on the back
nine, however, was a differ-
ent story as Inverness won
six of the eight matches of
alternate shot The only two
teams to win for Seven

Joey Logano, Brad Ke-
selowski and Reed Soren-
son rounded out the top five.
Aric Almirola was sixth,
followed by Colin Braun
and Justin Allgaier. Ricky
Stenhouse Jr. and Steve
Wallace completed the top
10.
Danica Patrick finished
32nd after a rough race. She
had a tire problem after
making contact with Tony
Raines, but also bumped
and banged with Alex
Kennedy for several laps in
the middle of the race.
Kyle Busch, meanwhile,
finished 16th but kept Joe
Gibbs Racing in the lead in
the owner championship
race. Keselowski already
has the driver title locked
up, but Busch has JGR up 41
points over Penske Racing
in what's shaping up to be a
split title.
"We're going all-out at
Homestead. We know it's
not going to be easy," Ke-
selowski said. "We know the
Joe Gibbs Racing cars have
been good at the mile-and-a-
half tracks all season."
Anderson wraps
up Pro Stock title
POMONA, Calif. Greg An-
derson wrapped up his fourth
Pro Stock season champi-
onship and first since 2005,
qualifying fourth Saturday in the
Auto Club NHRA Finals.
Anderson overcame team
owner Ken Black's severe
health issues, a home fire and
a middling regular season to
win the title. He entered the six-
race Countdown in fourth place
and fell to fifth place after the
first playoff race, but won three
of the next four races.
"This has been the most try-
ing and certainly the most re-
warding season since I've been
in drag racing," Anderson said.
"You couldn't have bet me any-
thing in the world two months
ago that this would have hap-
pened so you never give up,
you never give up."

Rivers in this round were
Larsen/Reid and
Anspach/McKee.
The tournament now
shifts to Seven Rivers Coun-
rty Club this afternoon
where the two teams will
once again be paired in
teams on the front nine in a
scramble format And then
it's every man for himself on
the back nine where the 16
players from each club will
face off head-to-head.
Connor, of the brain-chil-
dren behind the event, con-
sidered day one a complete
success. "We've been trying
for three or four years to get
this event started. And now
that it is other clubs are al-
ready calling us letting us
know they want in on it next
year. This is going to grow
and definitely be an annual
thing. In this economy all of
the clubs have to help each
other out and I think this is a
a great way of bringing them
together"
But all of that is tomorrow.

Today there is still a Cup to
win. By day's end one of
these two Citrus County
country clubs will be hoist-
ing the Citrus Cup for the
very first time. It will be a
historic event that will set
the standard and be remem-
bered for years to come.
John Coscia is the sports
editor of the Chronicle and
can be reached at (352) 564-
2928 or atjcoscia@
chronicleonline.com

SCOREBOARD,

CITRI IS C.W )' (FL) CCHRONICLEI

Tigers prevail

Associated Press

No. 2 Auburn and No. 3
TCU faced down early
deficits to stay undefeated
Saturday.
Cam Newton and the
Tigers rolled past Georgia
49-31 after being down 21-7
in the first half, while the
Horned Frogs spotted San
Diego State the first 14
points before going on to
win 40-35.
No. 1 Oregon played at
California later and No. 4
Boise State got to sit back
and watch the other na-
tional championship con-
tender after staying perfect
with a 52-14 victory at Idaho
on Friday night.
Newton seemed unaf-
fected by a tumultuous
week in which it was re-
ported that his father asked
Mississippi State for money
for his son to play for the
Bulldogs. There was some
uncertainty about whether
Newton would play, but he
started and Georgia was un-
able to stop him.
No. 2 Auburn 49,
Georgia 31
AUBURN, Ala. Cam New-
ton responded to allegations of
wrongdoing by passing for two
touchdowns and running for
two more to lead Auburn into
the SEC championship game.
The Tigers (11-0, 7-0) will
face Florida or South Carolina
for the conference title Dec. 4
in Atlanta, and have their eyes
on a national championship.
Newton carried 30 times for
151 yards and completed 12 of
15 passes for 148 yards. He
finished off the Bulldogs in the
fourth quarter with a touchdown
pass that made it 42-31, then
dove over for the final score.
No. 3 TCU 40,
San Diego State 35
FORT WORTH, Texas -
Andy Dalton threw three touch-
down passes to Jeremy Kerley
as TCU rallied from an early
two-touchdown deficit, then held
on to beat San Diego State,
T-he Horned Frogs (-17-0 70
Mountain West) won their 2th
consecutive home game and
clinched at least a share of the
conference title. They also kept
alive their chance to reach the
BCS national championship
game, but it'll be interesting to
see how poll voters react to the
Horned Frogs' closest game of
the season.
No. 6 Wisconsin 83,
Indiana 20
MADISON, Wis. Montee
Ball ran for three touchdowns
in his first start, replacing in-
jured running back John Clay,
and Scott Tolzien threw for

Associated Press
Auburn's Cameron Newton (2) reacts following a second
half Auburn score during a 49-31 win over Georgia on
Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Ala.

three more scores as Wiscon-
sin matched the highest-scor-
ing game by a Big Ten team in
60 years.
The Badgers (9-1, 5-1) put
up the most points by an FBS
school this season and
matched the highest scoring
total by a team in a Big Ten
conference game since Ohio
State's 83-21 victory over Iowa
in 1950.
Ball ran for 167 yards and
freshman James White added
144 yards and two scores in
place of Clay, who missed the
first game of his career after
spraining his right knee last
Saturday.
No. 8 Ohio State 38,
Penn State 14
COLUMBUS, Ohio -
Devon Torrence tipped and
snagged an interception and
returned it 34 yards for the go-
ahead touchdown to turn the
tide for the Buckeyes.
, ObioState,-which trailed 14-
3 at half, added scores when a
long pass into double coverage
ricocheted off a defender to
Dane Sanzenbacher for a 58-
yard score and Travis Howard
picked off a pass and brought it
back 30 yards, also in the
fourth quarter.
The victory sends the Buck-
eyes (9-1, 5-1) into a critical
showdown at Iowa next week
tied for first place with Michigan
State and Wisconsin in the
conference.
Northwestern 21,
No. 13 Iowa 17
EVANSTON, I:11. Dan

Persa ruptured his Achilles'
tendon after throwing the win-
ning pass, and Northwestern
handed No. 13 Iowa another
devastating loss.
Persa, who threw for 318
yards, capped an 85-yard TD
drive with a 6-yard pass to Je-
remy Ebert with 6:21 to go to
bring the Wildcats within three.
He finished a 91-yard drive with
a 20-yard TD pass to Demetrius
Fields with 1:22 to play.
Iowa (7-3, 4-2 Big Ten) is
now a long shot to win the Big
Ten title after losing to North-
western (7-3, 3-3) for the fifth
time in six games. Ricky Stanzi
threw for 270 yards but had a
critical interception in the sec-
ond half that started the Wild-
cats' rally.
Notre Dame 28,
No. 15 Utah 3
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -
Freshman Tommy Rees threw
three touchdown passes in his
first start and Notre Dame used
two Utah special teams mis-
takes to rout the slumping Utes.
Returning from a week off,
Notre Dame (5-5) moved
within one win of becoming
bowl eligible. Utah (8-2), mean-
while, was still reeling from its
47-7 loss to TCU a week ear-
lier. The victory was Notre
Dame's first over a ranked
team since 2006, when the
Irish defeated Penn State.
Robert Blanton blocked a
Utah punt, picked up the ball
and ran in for a TD late in the
opening period. And a fumble
on the second-half kickoff by
star Utah returned Shaky

Smithson was quickly turned
into the first of two Rees-to-
Duval Kamara TD passes.
No. 16 Va. Tech 26,
North Carolina 10
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -
Tyrod Taylor hit Marcus Davis
with a pair of third-quarter TD
passes to lead Virginia Tech.
Taylor threw for 249 yards
while the defense locked down
the Tar Heels, helping the Hok-
ies (8-2, 6-0 ACC) improve to
4-0 in Chapel Hill since joining
the league in 2004.
Virginia Tech entered Satur-
day with a chance to wrap up the
Coastal Division for the fourth
time in six seasons, but Miami's
easy win at Georgia Tech earlier
in the day delayed the Hokies'
coronation. Virginia Tech travels
to Miami next weekend and
needs to win one of its final two
games to wrap up a berth in the
league championship game in
Charlotte on Dec. 4.
No. 19 Oklahoma 45,
Texas Tech 7
NORMAN, Okla. Ryan
Broyles caught three of Landry
Jones' five touchdown passes
and broke a few more Okla-
homa records.
Broyles caught eight passes
for 119 yards and broke Mark
Clayton's career records for re-
ceptions and touchdown
catches at Oklahoma (8-2, 4-2
Big 12). He also eclipsed his
own mark for catches in a sea-
son and now holds almost
every significant receiving
record at the school.
No. 20 Missouri 38,
Kansas State 28
COLUMBIA, Mo.- Blaine
Gabbert accounted for three
touchdown in a strong effort,
while the Missouri defense made
just as many big plays against
error-prone Kansas State.
The Tigers (8-2, 4-2 Big 12)
capitalized on three fumble re-
coveries, two of them huge
swing plays, and scored 17
straight points to put away the
Wildcats (6-3, 3-4)..
Southern Miss 31,
No. 25 UCF 21,
ORLANDO- Austin Davis
threw for 264 yards and four
touchdowns, helping Southern
Mississippi ruin Central
Florida's first game as a
ranked team.
The victory keeps the Ea-
gles in the race for Conference
USA's East Division title.
Davis overcame an early
two-touchdown deficit with
scoring passes of 5 yards to
Johdrick Morris and 23 yards
to Kelvin Bolden that put
Southern Miss (7-3, 4-2) up 17-
14 at halftime. Bolden's second
TD reception broke the game
open early in the fourth quarter.

ATLANTA Freshman
Stephen Morris didn't have
to carry Miami in his first
road start, not with four
backs running for touch-
downs and Leonard Hanker-
son making big catches.
Morris only had to avoid
mistakes to help Miami set a
season high in total offense
for the second straight week.
Morris passed for 230
yards and a touchdown to
win the matchup of backup
quarterbacks and Miami
beat Georgia Tech 35-10 on
Saturday to stay alive in the
ACC's Coastal Division.
Morris, making his second
start as Jacory Harris recov-
ers from a concussion, com-
pleted 10 of 18 passes and
did not have a turnover.
"Stephen did a tremen-
dous job ofjust managing the
game," said Miami coach
Randy Shannon.
Lamar Miller, Damien
Berry, Mike James and Graig
Cooper ran for touchdowns
and Hankerson had a 78-
yard touchdown catch as
Miami had a season-high 507
total yards, including 277
yards rushing. The big day
topped Miami's 504 yards be-
hind Morris in last week's 26-
20 win over Maryland.
"If we continue to do this,
we can be a very special foot-
ball team," Shannon said.

Shannon said Morris
showed impressive compo-
sure on the field and on the
sideline, including in his
comments to the coach as
the lead grew in the second
half.
"He was standing beside
me and he looked over at me
and said 'You can loosen up
a little,"' Shannon said,
adding "I said to him 'You
can loosen up, too."'
Added Shannon: "He
doesn't get nervous."
Hankerson had three
catches for 132 yards, includ-
ing the long touchdown, his
11th of the season to tie
Michael Irvin's school
record set in 1986.
It marked the second
straight week Hankerson
caught a touchdown pass
from Morris.
"He does what he has to
do," Hankerson said of Mor-
ris. "He makes every drive
count."
Miami (7-3, 5-2 Atlantic
Coast Conference) is chasing

Virginia Tech in the Coastal
Division and will play the
Hokies next week
USF tops Louisville
24-21 on kick in OT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. South
Florida is making a habit of win-
ning close games.
Last week the Bulls needed
late-game heroics to beat Rut-
gers by a point. Against
Louisville on Saturday, the Bulls
again needed to rally in a nail-
biter to notch a 24-21 win in
overtime.
This time, sophomore kicker
Maikon Bonani -who missed
what would have been the
game-winning field goal in regu-
lation hit a 37-yard overtime
field goal to give South Florida
(6-3, 3-2 Big East) bowl eligibil-
ity for the sixth straight season.
"He didn't bat an eye and he
gave me a little wink," South
Florida coach Skip Holtz said of
Bonani's overtime kick. "He
came through in the clutch; I'm
really proud of him."

NEW YORK-Juggling
to "Lucy in the Sky with
Diamonds"? Modern
dance, to "Free as a
Bird"? Perhaps not the
usual stuff of a John
Lennon tribute concert.
But looking at the wry,
quirky smiles on Lennon's
face as classic photos of
the Beatle great alter-
nated all evening long on a
screen at the Beacon The-
ater, one couldn't help but
think he would have thor-
oughly enjoyed himself
Lennon, it's still star-
tling to think, would have
turned 70 last month -
and so, even though Fri-
day's trib-
ute was
the 30th in
a series,
this one
had a spe-
cial feel.
Produced
by The-
a t r e John
Within, a Lennon
nonprofit
arts group, the evening
was a benefit for the Play-
ing for Change Founda-
tion, which builds music
schools in poor areas of
the world.
Among the big names
this year: Cyndi Lauper,
who performed "Across
the Universe," a song she
said had gotten her
through some tough times.
Then she recalled how,
singing Beatles songs long
ago with her sister, she
would "be" John and her
sister would stand in for
Paul.
"Not this time, though,"
Lauper quipped, calling
onstage a substitute
"Paul" none other than
Jackson Browne to col-
laborate on '"A Day in the
Life." Earlier, Browne had
the somewhat graying
crowd singing happily
along to "You've Got to
Hide Your Love Away."
Patti Smith was there,
too, with a quirky rendi-
tion of "Strawberry
Fields," before striking an
emotional chord when she
spoke of losing her hus-
band. Yoko Ono, she said,
was an example for her of
how to carry on as a
widow. So she serenaded
Ono with Lennon's "Oh
Yoko," of course. (Ono was
present via video message,
telling the organizers:
'John would have loved
what you are doing.")
Dance, anyone? The
Wendy Osserman com-
pany presented a free-
flowing duet to "Free as a
Bird," nicely capturing
the whimsical song's
mood. The evening's most
curious offering, though,
came from juggler and
YouTube sensation Chris
Bliss, who expertly plied
his trade to "Lucy in the
Sky with Diamonds." On
vocals: Joan Osborne and
Maura Kennedy
At the end of the The-
atre Within's 30th Annual
John Lennon Tribute, all
the artists joined the
house band, led by Rich
Pagano, for a rollicking fi-
nale.
"All we are saying," the
artists sang along with the
audience, "is give peace a
chance."

Associated Press
In this July 4 photo provided by Discovery Communications, Sarah Palln holds her son Trig and watches fireworks on a
beach In Dlliingham, Alaska, as her daughter Piper holds grandson Tripp Johnston as part of a documentary for the TLC
channel. "Sarah Palln's Alaska" portrays the show's heroine as a folksy wife and mother enjoying a whirlwind of adven-
tures amid spectacular settings In her home state. There Is nothing overtly political about It, no televised clues to her po-
litical ambitions. However, throughout the first episode of Palln's eight-part TLC documentary series beginning Sunday,
her outdoorsy Image against the stunning scenery often plays nicely with her familiar political message.

Sarah Palin's reality TVseries a stage political future?

RACHEL D'ORO
Associated Press --

ANCHORAGE, Alaska "Sarah
Palin's Alaska" portrays the show's
heroine as an adventure-loving wife and
mother enjoying a whirlwind of activi-
ties amid spectacular settings in her
home state. There are no overt clues to
her future political ambitions.
However, throughout the first episode
of the eight-part TLC documentary se-
ries beginning Sunday, Palin's out-
doorsy image against the stunning
scenery often plays nicely with her fa-
miliar political message.
One telling scene shows Palin and
members of her family fishing near a
bear and two frolicking cubs. Cut to the
Tea Party darling and her self-suffi-
ciency speech. For months, Palin has re-
ferred to strong Republican female
candidates as "mama grizzlies."
"I love watching these mama bears,"
Palin tells the TLC camera. 'They've got
a nature, yeah, that humankind could
learn from. She's trying to show her
cubs, 'Nobody's gonna do it for ya. You
get out there and do it yourself, guys."'
Translation: Stop relying on govern-
ment
That scene and others are sure to sug-
gest to some viewers that the former
Alaska governor and 2008 Republican
vice presidential nominee is position-
ing herself for a 2012 presidential run.
There are other messages that seem
to conflict with those ambitions, though.
Palin talks about her love of wild
Alaska, offering in one well-known hom-
ily, "A poor day of fishing beats even a
great day at work"
In a promo for the show with a mon-
tage of outdoor scenes, she says, "I'd
rather be doing this than in some stuffy
old political office" and "I'd rather be
out here being free."
Then come the snippets that easily
could fill in as campaign slogans, par-
ticularly with Palin's very political
tweets, Facebook postings and other
media forums. Her Alaska landscapes
also loom larger than life.
"What all this suggests is that she's
crafting her lifestyle and her biography
as typifying a person who's independ-
ent, rugged, resilient, in touch with na-
ture and has learned life lessons that
she can bring into governance if she
moves back into governance," said
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a University of
Pennsylvania communications profes-
sor who studies political rhetoric.
"It also could be life lessons to get to
lead a better life in the rugged fron-
tiers," Jamieson said. "They have to
have that duo message or this will read
as if it's a political ad."

In this July 2 publicity Image released by TLC, former Republican vice presiden-
tial candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is shown by the family boat In Dilling-
ham, Alaska, In a scene from the reality series.

In a scene outside the family's Wasilla
home, viewers see the 14-foot-high
fence the Palins erected when author
Joe McGinniss moved next door to work
on a book about Palin.
"By the way, I thought that was a good
example," Palin says on TLC. "What we
just did, others could look and say, 'Oh,
this is what we need to do to secure our
nation's border."'
The intent of the series is not clear-
is she merely showing off a state she
truly loves with off-the-cuff remarks, or
are these the opinions of the paid Fox
News consultant subtly laying the
groundwork for a presidential bid?
Of course, with a production of this
magnitude, money also could be a pow-
erful motivation.
Palin, who could not be reached for
comment, reportedly was seeking as
much as $1.5 million per episode in
pitching the show earlier this year, ac-
cording to The Hollywood Reporter
TLC, a division of Discovery Communi-
cations, has refused to divulge Palin's
cut from the series, which is produced
by Mark Burnett of "Survivor" fame.
Alaska has a fairly new film office that
offers incentives, including a 30 percent
tax credit to qualifying productions
filming in the state. It's not clear ifTLC's
Palin series is tapping into the program
- Burnett's office did not respond to re-
quests for comment which could
mean the show ultimately would be sub-
sidized by the state.
Alaska film office manager Dave Wor-
rell said he could discuss only produc-
tions that have already received
incentives and Palin's show is not
among them. The program is open to
any production that spends at least

$100,000 in Alaska, with added incen-
tives for Alaska hires, as well as offsea-
son and rural shoots.
History's "Ice Road Truckers," for ex-
ample, spent almost $1.2 million in the
state, earning almost $400,000 in incen-
tives, according to Worrell.
As far as TLC spokeswoman Laurie
Goldberg is concerned, the series is "a
love letter to Alaska."
Well, except for one temporary
Alaskan.
In the debut episode, viewers catch a
glimpse of McGinniss reading on his
balcony as Palin and her family make
snide remarks about the author they say
has intruded on their privacy They
charge that he is writing a hit piece on
them. McGinniss, who has since moved
out, says he was filmed without his
knowledge or consent and he's de-
manding through his attorney that it be
removed from the episode, according to
Slate.com.
The California attorney, Dennis Ho-
lahan, did not return multiple calls
seeking comment Goldberg said she
had no comment and referred questions
to Burnett's office, which also did not re-
turn calls.
If the series is about more than Palin's
love for the state, it would be hard to
overlook the irony of a former governor
who abruptly resigned in July 2009 with
17 months left in her first term. Take the
footage of Palin struggling to climb a
steep rocky slope in Denali National
Park.
'"About halfway up the rock, I did not
know if I was going to be able to finish
the task," she tells the camera. "But I
didn't want to quit I didn't want to quit
in front of other people."

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Birthday: The coming solar cycle is looking to be one
where much can be accomplished and many wishes can
be fulfilled for those who are willing to do their part. Any
frustrations you might encounter are likely to be products of
your own impatience.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) The boss won't pay for a lot
of small talk, but s/he will pay well for a superior perform-
ance. When in need of funds, keep your mind and muscles
in motion and your mouth shut.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Even if you believe that
you have some wise suggestions to offer, unless they are
explicitly requested, keep your mouth shut. If things go
wrong, someone will need to be blamed.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Be guarded, because a
curious acquaintance is trying to poke his/her nose into a
private matter between you and another friend. Watch your
step regarding your replies.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) You're not likely to be stingy
in your dealings with friends, but do be careful not to let
yourself be maneuvered into an arrangement where you're
asked to pay an unfair share.
Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) Performance speaks louder
than words, so if you have others working for you, set an
example of what you want from them. An old-fashioned pep
talk will not suffice,
Aries (March 21-April 19) Don't be afraid to be a bit
more assertive than usual, if that's what it takes to accom-
plish your aims. Do so without being hostile or pushy.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) It's not likely that you'll be
prone to being extra careful with issues or things that are
insignificant to you. However, when it comes to something
of great importance it'll be a different story.
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Today in
HISTORY

Today Is Sunday, Nov. 14,
the 318th day of 2010, There
are 47 days left In the year.
Today's Highlight:
On Nov. 14, 1970, a char-
tered Southern Airways DC-9
crashed while trying to land
in Huntington, W,Va., killing
all 75 people on board, in-
cluding the Marshall Univer-
sity football team and its
coaching staff.
On this date:
In 1851, Herman Melville's
novel "Moby-Dick; Or, The
Whale" was first published in
the United States.
In 1889, inspired by Jules
Verne, New York World re-
porter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth
Cochrane) set out to travel
around the world in less than
80 days. (She made the trip
in 72 days.)
In 1910, Eugene B. Ely be-
came the first aviator to take
off from a ship as his Curtiss
pusher rolled off a sloping
platform on the deck of the
scout cruiser USS Birming-
ham off Hampton Roads, Va.
In 1922, the British Broad-
casting Corporation began its
domestic radio service.
In 1972, the Dow Jones In-
dustrial Average closed
above the 1,000 level for the
first time, ending the day at
1,003.16.
Ten years ago: Pioneer-
ing CBS Radio newsman
Robert Trout died in New
York at age 91.
Five years ago: Alex Ro-
driguez of the New York Yan-
kees won his second
American League Most Valu-
able Player award in three
seasons.
One year ago: President
Barack Obama, on a mission
to repair America's global
standing, told Asian countries
during a speech in Tokyo that
he was determined to en-
gage them as equal partners
in the economy, diplomacy
and security.
Today's Birthdays: For-
mer U.N. Secretary-General
Boutros Boutros-Ghali is 88.
Actress Kathleen Hughes is
82. Jazz musician Ellis
Marsalis is 76. Writer P.J.
O'Rourke is 63. Singer-musi-
cian Buckwheat Zydeco is 63.
Britain's Prince Charles is 62.
Rock singer-musician James
Young (Styx) is 61. Singer
Stephen Bishop is 59. Pianist
Yanni is 56. Former Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice is
56. Actress Laura San Gia-
como is 49. Actor D.B.
Sweeney is 49. Rapper Rev-
erend Run (Run-DMC) is 46.
Actor Patrick Warburton is 46.
Rock musician Nic Dalton is
46. Actor Josh Duhamel is
38. Actor Brian Dietzen (TV:

"NCIS") is 33. Actress Olga
Kurylenko is 31.
Thought for Today: "Ad-
venture is not outside man; it
is within." George Eliot,
English author (1819-1880).

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C AYNC 'i 14, 2010

COMMENTARY
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Associated Press
Fannie Mae Mortgage Help specialists help homeowners with mortgage information at the new Fannie Mae Help Mortgage offices, Wednesday
in Culver City, Calif. Fannie and Freddie Mac provide a low-cost flow of funding to the nation's mortgage markets by buying mortgages from
lenders, packaging them into securities and then selling them to investors.

The curse of MERS

Bypassing county fees may cost banks
CURT ADERSO

CURT ANDERSON
Associated Press
NEW YORK
I t used to be that every time a bank
sold a mortgage, the county land
recording office received a fee. It
wasn't much $30 or so but then
real estate boomed in the 1990s and
banks pooled millions of mortgages into se-
curities that investors bought and sold.
One mortgage transaction became a
dozen or more, and the tab grew ever
larger. So the banks came up with a way
around the fees. And now they are fight-
ing to avoid perhaps tens of billions of
dollars in penalties that have added up
over the years.
In 1997, when the banks' burgeoning
business in mortgage securities was
clashing with the unwieldy nature of writ-
ten forms, the industry created its own al-
ternative, an electronic system that would
track the ever-changing ownership of
home loans.
The banks formed a private company
called Mortgage Electronic Registry Sys-
tems Inc., or MERS. Its motto: "Process
loans, not paperwork." It has registered
more than 65 million loans, three out of
every five on the market.
MERS' owners are all the big mortgage
companies, including Bank of America, Cit-
igroup, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and
GMAC. They are all facing a foreclosure-
fraud investigation launched by all 50 state
attorneys general, and all took government
bailout money after the financial melt-
down in 2008.
Counties complained about the lost rev-
enue after MERS was implemented, but
they rarely tried to challenge the new way
of doing business. Now, three years after
the housing crash and two months after al-
legations that some banks submitted fraud-
ulent documents to foreclosure courts,
every aspect of the nation's mortgage ma-
chine is under scrutiny.

Two lawyers in Reno, Nev., have filed
suit in 17 states alleging that banks cheated
counties out of billions of dollars. In Vir-
ginia, a lawmaker has asked the state's at-
torney general to investigate MERS over its
failure to pay recording fees. And every-
where elected officials and class-action
lawyers turn, the back-office procedures of
MERS are being called into question.
The lawsuits challenge MERS' author-
ity to act on behalf of banks or other in-
vestors that own a mortgage. With so
many loans registered to MERS, it's a
claim that goes to the heart of the mort-
gage-fraud scandal.
With MERS ostensibly keeping track of
who owns what, counties still get their pa-
perwork and fees the first time a mortgage
is filed. Typically, that county fee is rolled
into the closing costs homeowners pay
when they buy a new home.
MERS is "an admitted fee-avoidance
scheme," says Robert Hager, the Nevada
lawyer who, along with his partner Treva
Hearne, is filing the suits against MERS
and its bank owners, including the govern-
ment-backed mortgage-finance companies
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Fannie and
Freddie provide a low-cost flow of funding
to the nation's mortgage markets by buying
mortgages from lenders, packaging them
into securities and then selling them to in-
vestors.
The suits were filed in California, Ne-
vada and Tennessee and 14 undisclosed
states where the cases are still under court
seal. Hager and Hearne chose the states
because their laws allow what are called
false claims suits, in which citizens can
take legal action against companies that
may have cheated the government.
The suits allege that by privatizing pub-
lic records, MERS enabled banks to cir-
cumvent American property law and
bypass the counties' fee and paperwork re-
quirements, costing billions of dollars in
lost revenue over more than a decade.
MERS says its process is legal, and that the
fees are not required under its system.

"These are local fees for service; if no
service is needed or requested, no fee is
appropriate," MERS spokeswoman
Karmela Lejarde said in an e-mail.
Assuming each mortgage it tracks had
been resold, and re-recorded, just once,
MERS would have saved the industry $2.4
billion in recording costs, R.K. Arnold, the
firm's chief executive officer, testified in
2009. It's not unusual for a mortgage to be
resold a dozen times or more.
The California suit alone could cost MERS
$60 billion to $120 billion in damages and
penalties from unpaid recording fees.
The liabilities are astronomical because,
according to laws in California and many
other states, penalties between $5,000 and
$10,000 can be imposed each time a record-
ing fee went unpaid. Because the suits are
filed as false claims, the law stipulates that
the penalties can then be tripled.
When MERS was created, some county
recorders recognized the potential for lost
revenue. "It smelled like it could be a scam
from hell," said Gary Ott, county recorder
in Salt Lake County, Utah.
From the beginning, many county officials
were uneasy about the idea. But most were
loath, and lacked the resources, to take on
the financial industry Those who did com-
plain to legislators and reporters say they had
a hard time getting anyone to take notice.
"People blew whistles, but a lot of people
weren't paying attention," says Christopher
Peterson, a University of Utah law professor
who has written about MERS and consulted
with Hager on the lawsuits in California and
Nevada. "It's not like MERS makes good TV"
A few county recorders took bold stands.
In one prominent case, Edward Romaine,
then recorder of deeds for New York's Suffolk
County, refused to accept MERS recordings.
He argued that not only would the county lose
out on fees $1 million in one year alone
- but that MERS failed to even maintain a
clear chain of title on a property. He got
backing from New York's attorney general.
See ,Page C4

Fixing Florida: More business, fewer entitlements

Election Day is over, and now
is the time for the hard work
to begin. The new class of
elected officials has been given a
mandate by the people: Fix it!
However, we have not been told
to fix it just for today or tomorrow,
but to fix it so that the state of
Florida will continue to be the Sun-
shine State.
We have not been told to fix it
only so people will retire or vaca-
tion here, but because we owe it to
our future. We must instead look to
write legislation to clear out red
tape so that businesses can prosper
and our state can be vibrant once
again.
This is not just for our genera-
tion, but for our children and our
children's children. Our legislation
must be done so that we can pros-
per 30 years from now. This pros-
perity must not come from

boom-and-bust industries such as ral advantages, such as our prox-
tourism and construction, solely, imity to the Panama Canal, and en-
We must instead encourage the sure a strong infrastructure so that
growth of industry, support our Florida can be open for business.
agriculture industry so We also must not fail
it may thrive again and our children. We must
create incentives for foster an education sys-
small businesses. tem, in addition to the
The people of the college track, which en-
state are asking for one courage education
thing: leadership. We ending in industry cer-
must provide leader- -' tification so that we
ship by telling them the have a strong base of fu-
hard truth the state ..____ ture employees for the
cannot support the enti- Jimmie T. Smith businesses we will en-
tlements at the levels GUEST courage to come to
we spend now. Our Florida.
overregulation of busi- COLUMN How can we expect to
ness has caused corpo- attract corporations

rations to go to other states. We
cannot allow this to continue and
must work to create a thriving busi-
ness environment for Florida
through the utilization of our natu-

when we lack a skilled workforce
needed to fill factories, work in
shipyards and continue to con-
struct our infrastructure? With the
support of the people who have

sent the message "fix it," we can.
We are going to cut spending! We
will test things on the basis of needs
and wants. We will push to strictly
enforce regulations which are
needed while also working to cut
out overburdening rules and regu-
lations. We will also work to
strengthen our education system to
make sure that we have educated
and skilled labor for our future
workforce.
These things can be done and we
in the state of Florida will do it, we
will fix it. The state of Florida will
be a state that we will be proud of
and one we can turn over to our
children and their children 30
years from now!
--

State Rep. Jimmie T Smith
represents District 43, which
includes Citrus County:

Gerry Mulligan
OUT THE
WINDOW

Waiting

won't fix

anything
While visiting m3
daughter ir
Rhode Islanc
last weekend, I was taking
an early morning wall
through a city park in hei
Cranston neighborhood.
As I have gotten older
I've developed a strange
habit of talking out loud t(
myself when I think I'rr
alone. Most times, I don'!
even know I'm doing it
But on this cold morn
ing, while walking on E
path beside a fog-coverec
lake, I said out loud, "Wha
a beautiful morning."
"It certainly is," cami
the response.
I had a clear view of m
surroundings and I couldni
see another human being
There were some ducks or
the lake, but I was hoping
the ducks weren't talking t(
me because, from a menta
health standpoint, it wouk
be pretty hard to explain.
"It is a little cold',"
replied aloud in an effor:
to determine if the duck
were in fact talking an<
my screws had official:
come loose.
See WINDOW/Page C

Charlie Brennan
SHADES
OF GR AY

We reserve

the right to

edit letters...'
t's a common misun-
derstanding. People
look to the Chronicle
as a means to voice theii
opinions, yet when we re-
ject letters to the editor
one can pretty much sil
back and wait to hear
"How dare you deny me
my right to free speech?"
A case in point arose
Friday The writer was
cordial in his request anc
cordial albeit seem
ingly a bit frustrated ir
response to our response(
to shorten the letter an(
tame some phrasing.
The writer seems a goo<
person, concerned about
an excellent cause and h<
offered some valuable corn
mentary But-- paraphiras
ing from our response t(
him: "The terms 'harass
ment,' 'egomaniac control
freaks' and even 'I refus(
to use the term Gestapo
like ...' aren't suitable foi
publication and have th(
potential to expose the
newspaper to liability."
The suggestion tc
rewrite the letter was in.
terpreted as censorship
and a violation of free
speech, so the author optec
to withdraw it entirely
Here's the thing: News-
papers are businesses
They're not government'
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cle for anyone and every
one to insult and injure
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I

"To be always ready a man must be able to
cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied."

News that the president
of the parent company
of Pro-Line Boats is
considering relocating its man-
ufacturing facility from Ho-
mosassa to North Carolina -
or anywhere outside of Citrus
County couldn't
come at a worse THE I1
time.
Citrus County Pro-Lin
unemployment consider
has only recently
fallen below 14 OUR OP1
percent, fewer
than 200 new sinkingHe o
homes are ex- sinking
pected to be built
here this year, and more than
500 job-seekers came to Inver-
ness to apply for 165 positions
last month at the new Olive
Garden by mid-afternoon on
the first day of hiring.
Although always at the mercy
of the ebb and flow of the econ-
omy, Pro-Line Boats has re-
mained a fresh breeze of diversity
in our largely service- and retail.:
based business community.
In late 1998 and early 1999,
Pro-Line employed about 425
employees and its payroll was
about $10 million. Through the
years, that number has fluctuated.
In 2008, Pro-Line cut its
workforce from about 225 to
110 employees, and in Novem-
ber 2008, about 100 workers

Only the strong
To the lady in Wednesday morn-
ing's paper that said if we repeal
the health care reform, we need
to repeal Medicare. I don't guess
she knows that I pay for my
Medicare. It is not free. I pay a
monthly premium for my
Medicare. I paid into Social Secu-
rity for 40 years. I think I'm
vested. The health care bill is a
bill for me to pay for the
weak, lame and lazy, and
I'm tired of it.
Bad timing
Who are the brilliant
people who decided to do
the work on (U.S.) 41
from now until May when
all the snowbirds are here
instead of from May until Cu .-
November when there are
no snowbirds here? 563-(
Somebody is not thinking.
Gophers be gone
Does anyone know how to get
rid of these yard gophers?
Editor's note: Contact the county
extension service at (352) 527-
5700.
Dirt dump
To the person inquiring about
all the dirt being dumped next to
Walgreens on (County Road) 486.
It is the excess dirt from (County
Road) 491's widening. It is being
dumped there to fill an empty
lot. This answer was in Sound Off
recently.

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were laid off. In parts of 2009,
the company stayed afloat with
a skeleton crew of about 12 to
14 people.
When American Marine Hold-
ings, Pro-Line's parent company,
sold shares to private investors
in 2009, it created
SSUE: hope that re-
launching the
e boats manufacturer
*s move. would mean more
local jobs.
4INION: The prospect of
seeing this local
nes that company sail into
feeling, the sunset is dis-
couraging, partic-
ularly because earlier this
year, the company reported
boat sales on the rise and the
climate for new business show-
ing signs of improvement.
It also underscores the na-
ture of the economic climate in
which communities compete to
retain or lure employers, and
the need for those represent-
ing Citrus County to vigorously
participate.
We urge the Citrus County
Commission, Economic Devel-
opment Council and other
local business leaders to do all
in their power to keep this
valuable company here and,
even if Pro-Line does weigh
anchor, to be persistent in ef-
forts to reel it back.

Full stop
This is about Crystal River Pri-
mary and picking up students
from school in the afternoon. Too
many cars are treating a stop sign
as a yield sign. They need to get
the sheriff out there and watch
the cars that are stopping or just
yielding through a stop sign in
front of the school. It's not the one
they usually cut through at the
end, but at the front of
the school. Cars are just
JND yielding right through it.
W Thanks, Frank
We want to thank you
so very much for your ar-
ticle by Frank Yuelling. It
was incredible. It's so
true. And please know
0a4 there's a lot of injustice
)f579 going on about the little
) cats and doggies. A poor
old man's being fined for
feeding cats a 99-year-
old man in this county. Please
help Frank Yuelling Jr., and have
more articles.
Kind stranger
I just want to do a Sound Off to
the lady and her husband that
were at Thai food restaurant by
Save-A-Lot. We are a low-income
family with a baby and we walk a
lot and this woman must have
seen us. She gave us some money
to hold us over and just said,
"Merry Christmas," and walked
away. I just want to say God bless
to that woman. Thank you.

An election of rejections

DOUGLAS COHN
AND ELEANOR CLIFT
Balance the budget is not a
legislative program any
more than hope and
change is an effective strategy for
governing. The tea party Repub-
licans won their elections spout-
ing buzzwords and platitudes
without saying how they will
reach the promised land of bal-
anced budgets without cutting
defense spending or entitlements
like Social Security and
Medicare.
They got away with it because
the election wasn't about them -
it was about the Democrats. It
was a rejection election, a chance
for voters to register their dis-
pleasure with the state of the
economy and a recovery that re-
wards the folks on Wall Street,
who created the problem, while
Main Street lags behind.
But now that the Republicans
control the House, they won't be
able to hide behind slogans like
"big government takeover," and
the voters will get a clearer un-
derstanding of what they actually
propose to do with their new-
found power. Exhibit A will be
the health care reform law which
Republicans promise to repeal.
They will likely hold one sym-
bolic vote after another in the
House dismantling the bill, but
whatever passes will likely die in
the Senate, or fall to President
Obama's veto pen.
The benefit of the process is
that the voters will get a crash
course in what the Republicans
have in mind, and the answer is

== Other
"not much." They had a grand
time on the campaign trail demo-
nizing Obama's health care plan
as socialism, but they didn't offer
an alternative plan. Instead, they
promised to keep the parts of the
bill that they like, such as no
penalty for pre-existing condi-
tions, allowing young adults to
stay on their parents' plan until
age 26, and no cap on lifetime
benefits (a huge relief for the
chronically ill).
They pledged to end the man-
date on individuals to purchase
health insurance. Anybody who
knows anything about how the in-
surance industry works recog-
nizes the impossibility of
requiring companies to lift re-
strictions on whoever they cover
without the guarantee of a much
larger pool of customers to
spread the risk. In other words,
without the mandate, and with-
out government regulation, all
those goodies that Republicans
say they like would be gone.
Medicare is a particularly
thorny issue. In the midterm elec-
tion, Democrats lost seniors by 18
points. Today's older voters are
solidly in the Republican camp in
large part because they believe
the health care reform bill will
impact them negatively Republi-
cans campaigned on a pledge to
seniors to repeal the $500 billion
in government money slated to be
shifted from Medicare Advantage
plans to help pay for expanded
coverage for the millions of
Americans without coverage.

That $500 billion is a federal
subsidy to insurance companies
to encourage them to recruit
more seniors away from fee-for-
service plans into Medicare Ad-
vantage plans, which they did by
expanding benefits beyond the
basic Medicare plan to include
dental and vision coverage, and
in some cases, gym benefits.
There is nothing in the health
care reform legislation that takes
away these extra benefits, and in-
surance companies are doing
quite well in their profit margins.
Republican forecasts of major
cuts are wildly exaggerated, but
there could be some shrinkage of
benefits initiated by various in-
surance companies with or with-
out the new law in place.
If Republicans truly want to cut
the deficit, assailing the very
minimal steps that Democrats
have taken to curb Medicare costs
will only make it tougher to get
spending under control. The core
of health care reform, the mar-
ket-oriented health exchanges
where people can shop for differ-
ent plans, won't be in place until
2014. In the meantime, insurance
premiums will likely rise, and
that is the crux of the problem
which both parties must address.
A rejection election recognizes
the problems; it doesn't solve them.

Values voting
President Clinton ended his
presidency with a substantial
surplus. Fast forward eight years
for the Bush years and two wars.
As of Oct 23, we have spent
$739,039,057,623 (and counting)
on the Iraq war. These figures do
not include war and
$357,934,738,423 (and counting)
on Afghanistan. Then, add the
cost of ongoing military medical
care and permanent lifetime dis-
ability benefits owed as a result
of these two wars.
There appears to be no money
available except for the wars.
So where does this end? If pa-
triotic Americans would fight in-
vaders and occupiers of our
country, is it reasonable to ex-
pect the Afghans and Iraqis to do
likewise? Lest we forget, the
Sept 11 terrorists were all Saudis.
When and how will we know
when we have won? Since ter-
rorists are mobile, European
countries are handling terrorists
as an international police matter.
Regarding the economy: One
in seven Americans is living in
poverty. It was recently reported
that the Florida unemployment
rate was 11.9 percent.
Citrus County has a large per-
centage of retirees collecting
government pensions and/or So-
cial Security benefits, SSI dis-
ability benefits, unemployment
benefits, Medicaid, or if lucky, a
decent paying job.
On Oct 31 an article on
"wealth" reported the astound-
ing wealth inequity existing in
the U.S. The top 20 percent of
earners own close to 84 percent

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of the nation's wealth. The other
80 percent of us are left with 16
percent of the wealth. Some peo-
ple made their fortunes legally,
some illegally, and the most for-
tunate inherited their share.
The Republicans want to ex-
tend the current 10-year Bush tax
cuts, which benefits the wealthy.
Under President Obama, the Bush
tax cuts will end. Households with
incomes under $250,000 will be tax
exempt How many Citrus County
voters are fortunate to have more
than $250,000 yearly income?
Everyone has their own per-
sonal "values," and contrary to
the fear-mongers, no one is
threatening to "take away" any
of your values.
So, voters, concentrate on vot-
ing your economic interests, in-
stead of for the benefit of the
obscenely wealthy
V. Nero
Inverness

Fire victims say thanks
On Oct 10, we had a fire at our
home. We are all doing fine and
beginning to get our lives back in
order. We wanted to thank all of
our friends and neighbors who have
generously donated money and
clothing, offered words of concern
and support, and rallied around us
during this difficult time. We would
especially like to thank the fol-
lowing people and organizations:
The Crystal River Volunteer
Fire Department: You are all
true professionals, and we will
be eternally grateful.
The wonderful members of
the Crystal River Women's Club,
especially Mary Lou Rothen-
bohl, Margie Harper, Pauline
Thomson, Ruth Samuda, Mary
Lee Johnson; we are humbled by
your kindness and generosity.
The Woodland Estates Home-
owner's Association, especially
Jane Leuder, Mary Clark, Caryn
Poloske, Carole Aylward, Holly
and Hiawatha Terrace (please
forgive me, I forgot your last name!),
the Ladies ofKut 'n Krew and the
dear children at Seven Rivers
Presbyterian School. Your con-
cern and thoughtful gifts made
this stressful situation so much
easier for them. The clothing,
shoes, book bags and games were
all very considerate. We are so
touched by your love and goodwill.
The caring people of this com-
munity make it a special place to
call home. In our time of crisis, you
were all there for us. Our sincer-
est thanks and God bless you.
Charles and Mary
Wentzell and family
Crystal River

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really looking'
fine, three
deuces and a four-speed
and a 389. Listen to her
tachin' up now, listen to her
why-ce-eye-ine, c'mon and
turn it on, wind it up, blow it
out GTO!
"Gonna save all my money
and buy a GTO, get a helmet
and a roll bar and I'll be
ready to go. Take it out to
Pomona and let 'em know,
that I'm the coolest thing
around, little buddy gonna
shut you down, when I turn
it on, wind it up, blow it out
GTO!" John Wilkins, 1964.
Many of us automatically
give credit for this song
about the GTO to the Beach

Boys or maybe Jan and
Dean, and both of those
groups did cover it, but ac-
cording to my research, it
was Ronnie and the Day-
tonas who first released it in
1964 the same year that
Pontiac first released the
GTO.
During the last few weeks,
a couple of news items have
made me groan:
First, I read about the
passing of Barbara Billings-
ley Mrs. Cleaver, the
Beaver and Wally's mom -
the lady who cleaned house
and cooked supper wearing
high heels and a strand of
pearls, all right in front of
our eyes on television.
Barbara lived to be 94,

and I have every reason to
believe she was a nice lady,
but she did in fact leave

some of us boys
with an unrealis-
tic image of what
to expect when
we got married.
No matter.
My wife never
wore pearls nor
high heels to do
her chores, and
by the time we'd
been married six
months, she was
into maternity
smocks, but re-

Fred Br

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gardless of how she dressed,
Cheryl was (and still is) the
prettiest housewife I've ever
seen.

Next, I saw that General
Motors has discontinued the
Pontiac brand.
The very first
S time I remem-
,.., ber seeing a
,.M Pontiac I be-
lieve it was a
new 1953 Sky
Chief-- I wasn't
'- yet old enough
to be impressed
with its engine,
rannen but I was totally
in awe of the
hood ornament,
E.* which was the
face of a native

American chief made from
an iridescent, amber-like
substance. It was cool. It
was very cool!

GTOs were produced be-
tween 1964 and 1974, and
some say they were the first
true "muscle" cars. No
doubt many owners of vin-
tage Corvettes and Thun-
derbirds will take
exception, but it is, nonethe-
less, what some say.
I bought my first car in
1964, and just like everyone
else my age, I wanted a
brand new GTO but just
like most of my associates, I
couldn't afford one. I chose
instead a used red 1962
Ford Fairlane 500 Sports
Coupe. My car was nothing
to be ashamed of, and while
she insists it was me and not
my wheels that impressed
her, the little red Ford was

what I was driving when I
began dating my Cheryl.
Yes, as life passes, there
are some things which pass
away; and although I was
saddened by the passing of
Barbara Billingsley and the
discontinuation of the Pon-
tiac, I wouldn't swap the
memories made in my little
red Ford nor the good times
Cheryl and I have shared
without her wearing high
heels and pearls to do
housework, for anything -
these are ours to keep until
we pass away!

Fred Brannen is an
Inverness resident and a
Chronicle columnist

Indigent care is not

CMH's main problem

Special to the Chronicle
r. Steven Campbell's diatribe
against physician colleagues and
the Hospital Trustees in support of
CMHS management is lacking a key ingre-
dient: Accuracy
Dr. Campbell states there are "no skele-
tons in (my) closet" no business rela-
tions with CMHS. Has he forgotten that the
Foundation voted him $14,040 per year to
perform 104 hours of work for CMHS at
$135/hour?
He berates physicians in private practice
for "cherry picking" favoring patients who
pay well and turning the poor over to the
hospital. And yet it's my understanding that
Dr Campbell does not accept low-paying
elective Medicaid patients or Health De-
partment patients in his private practice.
Much is said about being unable to care
for the poor if the Trustees do not release
all tax money collected to the hospital. Dr.
Campbell fails to note that Citrus Memorial
Hospital is reimbursed for every penny it
spends on providing care to the poor from
several sources in addition to taxes paid
by Citrus County property owners. In fact,
until the Trustees exposed them, the hos-
pital was getting money from several
sources for treating the same poor patient
"Dr. Fallows does not currently practice
medicine at CMH nor has he ever prac-
ticed medicine at CMH." Really? In Octo-
ber 2007 I chose to resign from staff
because a procedure I offered my patients
was not thought profitable enough to be
supported by CMHS. I have since per-
formed this procedure 83 times at Seven
Rivers Regional Medical Center (SRRMC).
Apparently they know something CMHS

'does not about how to make a profit.
Dr. Campbell questions why I monitor
the Foundation Board meetings. Simple. I
was elected to represent 90 of Dr. Camp-
bell's colleagues who are deeply con-
cerned about what effect continued losses
at CMHS might have on its ability to pro-
vide quality care.
Does Dr. Campbell believe that only
physicians who work at CMHS should
have a voice in how our tax-supported hos-
pital is managed? What about taxpayers?
We all foot the bill for poor management.
All taxpayers are vested in the process of
turning this hospital around.
He complains about physician practices
which compete with CMHS. Why? Compe-
tition reduces the cost of medical care. As
an example, a cataract surgery performed
at CMHS would cost Medicare 65 percent
more than at an ambulatory surgery center.
Dr. Campbell finds it "easy to under-
stand why the hospital is struggling when
one considers the amount of uninsured
care provided to the community by CMH."
Had Dr. Campbell checked his facts, he
would have learned that Seven Rivers
RMC provides indigent care comparable
to CMHS, while making a profit in the
same market as CMHS. Seven Rivers re-
ceives no local tax support and pays prop-
erty, sales and income taxes.
The problem seems to be management
That's something easily fixed. With new
management at CMHS, the hospital could
turn toward profitability, and trust could
be restored between the medical staff and
administration.

Dr Mark Fallows is president of the
Florida Wellcare Alliance.

Critical pontificators?

No, just involved citizens

THEODORA C. RUSNAK
Special to the Chronicle

n response to the Nov. 5,2010, editorial:
There are lots of folks who sit on the
sidelines and talk about what an awful
job our elected officials do. And there are
lots of critics who attend every
board meeting and pontifi- Those de
cate about the bad decisions ,
made by politicians., in th6
As someone who speaks rit
regularly at the meetings of as Criti
the Board of County Com- rally C
missioners, I read this edi-
torial with more than a exercisil
passing interest Even when
representingtheCitrus County First Aml
Council, the voice of 17 rih to
homeowner, civic and envi- right to
ronmental groups and asso- the gove
ciate members, the time limit
at the podium is 5 minutes for a re(
maximum to speak, so the
opportunity to "pontificate" grievaI
is thereby seriously truncated.
Those described in the editorial as "crit-
ics" are really citizens exercising their
First Amendment right to "petition the
government for a redress of grievances."
Or, if you prefer a simpler version of the
same sentiment, "It is the duty of the pa-
triot to protect his country from the gov-
ernment!" (Thomas Paine, 1792.)
And what about the admission of the
"bad decisions that are made by politi-
cians?" Is the humble taxpayer expected
to accept bad decisions without comment?
Not in my country, thank you!
To paraphrase President Theodore
Roosevelt, "To announce that there must
be no criticism of the Government, or that

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we are to stand by the Commissioners re-
gardless of their decisions, is not only un-
patriotic and servile, but is morally
treasonable to the American public."
(Kansas City Star, May 7, 1918)
My colleagues, Chris Lloyd (1000 Friends
of Florida) and Al Grubman (Too Far Inc.),
are also frequent contributors
scribed to the deliberations of our
commissioners, speaking, as
editorial in the case against water pri-
9V vatization, against capricious
OS are staff raises, or two weeks ago,
citizen in defense of residents from
Tarawood, Floral City. We ac-
ig their cept and welcome the oppor-
tunity to advocate for the
hndment public interest and educate
our government officials.
petition Tuesday, Nov 2, was the final
rnment meeting for Commissioners
Gary Bartell and John Thrum-
ress of ston, the former having served
s 20 years and the latterfouryears.
iCOS. Who took the podium to ex-
press thanks to them? It was
not the Chamber, the EDC, the Realtors or
the Builders Association.
No, it was those same critics whom the
editorial castigates as prone to "pontifi-
cate." Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Grubman and myself
were the only people who took the time to
express our thanks.
Homeowner associations, residents and
voters are warmly welcome to join Citrus
County Council and may contact us via our
new website www.citruscountycouncil.org,
or by calling me personally at 746 3006.

Theodora C. Rusnak is president
of the Citrus County Council.

Sound OFF

Bottleneck
This is in reference to the traf-
fic following the Veterans Day
Parade on Tompkins and Pine
streets. I think we need some
more directions for semis be-
cause they're all lined up on
Pine Street and they couldn't
even get out because they didn't
know where they were going be-
cause they don't even live
around here. We need some
more traffic directions during
parades.
Thanks, ladies
I'm a retired USAF veteran and
would like to thank the Crystal
River Women's Club for the won-
derful luncheon they had for
women vets. The delicious food
was graciously served by four
women from the Crystal River
Mission. The decorations were
beautiful and the sing-along of
songs from each branch of the
military brought tears to many
eyes. It was such a warm and
poignant experience. A lot of
hard work was put into it and
was much appreciated. I also
want to thank the town of Inver-
ness for their awesome parade,
and, last but not least, Apple-
bee's and Ice Cream Doctor for
their veterans' specials on Veter-
ans Day. Citrus County does so
much for their vets. Thank you so
much.
Hats off
Thank you. Hats off to Apple-
bee's for treating all veterans to a
free meal yesterday. It was well
done. Thank you.

High speeds, big crowds More sin taxes Tax the rich

At the parade for our vets on
Thursday, before the parade
started, roads were all blocked
off and a deputy came flying
through there at speeds of prob-
ably 60, 65 mph, sirens blaring.
Everybody thought the parade
was starting and walked over to
the road., I don't know what the
emergency was, but he should
have gone by on a back road. I
mean, children could have been
killed. Everybody was aghast at
this. And 10 minutes later, here
comes another deputy. This was
ridiculous.

The president's deficit commis-
sion is preparing to cut Social Se-
curity benefits and disallow the tax
deductions of interest on mort-
gages to reduce our huge national
deficit. Although lottery tickets are
state-run, how about a federal tax
on them? They're most certainly
not necessary and if you can af-
ford to buy them, you can surely
afford the tax on each one. This
would be the average ticket's,
what, a dollar at 6 percent, it
would be 6 cents. We all can afford
that. Let the federal people start
raising taxes on liquor, as well.

The hotshots in Washington, all
they want to do is keep cutting
the deficit on the backs of the
poor, the people who can least af-
ford a cut in whatever they're re-
ceiving in Social Security and
Medicare and Medicaid. How
about putting those cuts onto the
rich and the people who make at
least $250,000 to $300,000 a
year? They can afford it. We can't.
Get that through your head, you
people in Washington..Rermem-
ber, there's going to beanother
election and unless it's in our
favor, you're going to be out.

No more war
I see where they're going to
work on cutting the deficit and
they say it will hurt. Well, it
seems like whenever they have
to cut, it always hurts Americans
but not foreigners. Get out of
Afghanistan, get completely out
of Iraq and get out of other
countries, all our military. Right
there would save billions a year.
Cut all foreign aid off. You're
promising billions to Pakistan
and Africa and other nations.
Cut all that off. Then cut Con-
gress by 10 percent of the peo-
ple and cut their pay by 50
percent and cut their retirement
by 50 percent. Right there would
save a pile of money. The Ameri-
can people didn't put this deficit
in place. It was the reckless
spending of our government,
who, for some reason, spent it
all overseas and gives money
away like it's water to other
countries, but they always make
the Americans suffer. I know
people on Social Security that
can't even afford homeowners
(insurance) no more.
Cut from tiny slice
I would like to sound off about
the debt committee in Washing-
ton made up of one Republican
and one Democrat. They are pro-
posing cutting domestic spend-
ing, Social Security and, I
understand, some Medicaid,
Medicare. How about cutting for-
eign aid first? Keep our money at
home. If there's any left over and
somebody needs it, then spread
it as far as it will go.

SHADES
Continued from Page C1

those with whom they dis-
agree.
Granted, we want to pub-
lish opinions from multiple
sides of most any issue in
the newspaper, but regard-
less of what angle they're
coming from, there are
some basic parameters that
apply to all. As stated in the

"Opinions Invited" box on
our daily Opinion page, "We
reserve the right to edit let-
ters for length, libel, fair-
ness and good taste."
It's a judgment call, not a
science. The best bet is to
err on the side of safety.
For us, allowing a letter-
writer to call a specific
group of individuals "ego-
maniac control freaks" is
about as desirable as it
would be for the manager of
a department store to walk

out and see someone spray-
painting that accusation on
the exterior of his or her
business.
We're not lawyers here in
the newsroom, but minimiz-
ing the number of calls we
get from lawyers is a healthy
approach to processing
news and commentary. Is
referring to a group of indi-
viduals as "egomaniac con-
trol freaks" defamatory?
Maybe, maybe not but if
the gut reaction is that it

doesn't feel "fair" or isn't in
"good taste," then this news-
paper business is better off
not publishing the com-
ment.
As for the writer's phrase,
"I refuse to use the term
Gestapo-like ..'.' well, in
refusing to do so, it sure
looks like it was done.
It all boils down to de-
grees of good taste, risk,
fairness, etc. Many op-ed
submissions make accusa-
tions, but phrasing can be

everything. Anytime there's
a personal attack in submit-
ted material, little figurative
red flags should go up. In
certain instances, writers
are responding to previ-
ously published pieces and
there may be a little more
latitude for comment, but
it's on a case-by-case basis.
Send letters. Make your
feelings and observations
known. But be constructive,
not demeaning.
Would you favor allowing

any old Angry Joe to spray-
paint disparaging remarks
willy-nilly on private prop-
erty that you're responsible
for? That's not a constitu-
tional right it's vandal-
ism, and possibly
defamation.

Charlie Brennan is
editor of the Citrus County
Chronicle. He can be
e-mailed at cbrennanc('
chronicleonline. conm.

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CI I RI S (.()I'N Il (FL) (,'JIRONICIJ,-

COMMENTARY

C4 SUtN,w, NoviyMiritu 14, 2010

WINDOW
Continued from Page C1

"It sure is," was the re-
spouse.
At that point I looked
up, and sitting in a large
maple tree was a young
teenage boy. He was
wrapped in a blanket and
wedged onto a large limb.
He had obviously spent
some part of the night
sleeping in the tree.
This wasn't a homeless
kid seeking refuge. The
park was in a nice neigh-
borhood and the kid was
well-dressed and groomed
and his blanket was thick
and expensive. He had
some type of handheld
computer/phone in his
hand.
I was guessing the kid
had an argument with his
parents and his solution
was to hide in a tree.
"What are you doing up
there?" I asked.
"Waiting," he replied.
"For what?" I asked.
"For something to hap-
pen," he said.
At that point I decided
not to put on my Travis
McGee hat and attempt an
intervention on the side of
good. I simply continued
my walk and left the kid in
the tree.
As I continued my walk,
it came to me that climb-
ing up and hiding in a tree
was pretty symbolic of
What we as a country have
been doing the past few
years with the problems
that face us.
We've got a government
that is out whack with its
spending, but we refuse to
pay higher taxes and we
don't want to reduce

CrImis COUN'Y (FL) CHRONICLE

spending on programs that
we love. We've elected a
whole new group of politi-
cians to send to Washing-
ton, Tallahassee and
Inverness and all of them
are pledging to make
things right. But if they
come back with the same
answer they want to cut
the programs we love -
are we going to listen or
throw them out of office
during the next wave of
elections?
Are we going to collec-
tively climb up a maple
tree with our blankets and
video games and pout
until things get better?
The national economy is
slowly beginning to im-
prove, but there is still
much sacrifice ahead of
us. And if there is one
thing you can say about
Americans in 2010, we re-
ally are not big on the sac-
rifice thing.
We avoided another de-
pression, but our unem-
ployment rate hovers near
10 percent and millions
have lost their homes to
foreclosure.
My favorite irony is that
folks all over America are
terrified about China be-
coming the next great su-
perpower and how awful
it is that the U.S. Treasury
sells our bonds to the Chi-
nese government. And
then in the very next
breath we run out to the
discount store and buy the
cheap stuff made in China
because it's the best deal.
We can buy stuff made
in America, but it costs
more money and we
Americans love the best
deal.
Things will really get
better when we climb
down out of the maple tree

and get to work.
We need to build things
in this country and buy the
things we make. We need
to reduce the size of gov-
ernment even when it
hurts us as communities
and individuals.
We need to embrace en-
trepreneurs and get the
barriers out of their way
so they can grow busi-
nesses, employ more peo-
ple and pay the taxes that
go along with that.
We need to penalize the
companies that move jobs
and manufacturing out of
the country and reward
those that stay. We con-
sumers need to recognize
that stuff made in America
does often cost more be-
cause we don't pay our
workers 25 cents an hour.
And we need to remem-
ber that the greatest and
only entitlement that is re-
ally guaranteed in Amer-
ica is that we will give all
children the opportunity
to attend a public school
and then we will give them
the freedom and opportu-
nity to make a living with-
out government getting in
the way.
Things are out of whack.
And we all deserve some
of the responsibility for
letting it get that way.
But we are still the
greatest nation on Earth;
and when we finally do
come down out of the
maple tree, we can make
things right. It will take
hard work and sacrifice by
all of us, but it can be
done.

Gerny Mulligan is the pub-
lisher of the Chronicle. His
e-mail address is gimulligan
@chronicleonline. com.

=-=== Soundorr ====

Great ideas; they won't work
This is in response to Mr. E. Paul Mills,
"Four simple solutions to help our econ-
omy." Great suggestions, Mr. Mills. You will
not see any changes in our lifetime. There's
too many dishonest people. Again, great
suggestions. I'm 100 percent for them, but
I don't see any changes, not with the dis-
honest people and the politicians.
Buy American
Our newly elected Gov. Rick Scott, his
slogan: "Let's get to work, let's get to
work." Well, I've been a union man all my
life and our slogan was also, "Buy Ameri-
can, buy American." We have to buy Ameri-
can to get to work in this country. I got that
off my chest. Buy American.

MERS
Continued from Page Cl

MERS sued Suffolk County in 2001. The
suit went all the way to New York's highest
court, where MERS won on appeal. The court
found that a county clerk lacks the author-
ity to refuse to record MERS transactions.
MERS, which does business out of a sub-
urban Washington office building, has
about 40 employees. But according to the
company, it operates by appointing "certi-
fying officers" and "vice presidents" who
work for about 3,000 mortgage companies
or their vendors, such as law firms, to sign
documents on behalf of MERS.
Several of these "officers" have gained
infamy as robo-signers who said they
signed as many as 1,000 foreclosure affi-
davits a day without verifying the accuracy
of the information. The robo-signers testi-
fied in depositions that even though they
had been named as executives of MERS,
and signed mortgage documents in that ca-
pacity, they were given no MERS training,
had no idea where MERS was located, had
never received compensation from MERS,
and had never communicated with MERS
in any form.
The lawsuits over county fees are not the
first suits to be filed against MERS. As the

Wonderful tale
How wonderful it was to open the paper
on Wednesday (Nov. 10) and read a story
that was beautiful, "Fairytale for a night."
Thank you so much for New Concepts (In-
ternational) Hair Salon in helping that
beautiful young girl. Thanks to everyone
else who helped her have a night to re-
member going to her prom. All young peo-
ple deserve that, no matter what their
circumstances are. It shows you there still
are loving, God-caring people in our world.
Thank you again so much.
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ers: Go to the Miles Kimball catalog-
mileskimball.com. They have toaster covers.

recession deepened in 2007 and home val-
ues plummeted, lawsuits challenging bank
foreclosures also alleged that MERS had no
legal right to act as a middleman for banks,
or other investors, who actually own the
mortgage. Recent court documents have
shown how mortgage notes are often lost,
casting doubt on who actually owns the
mortgage and possibly blighting the chain
of title on the property. So far, rulings on
these challenges have been mixed. But the
red flags were enough to cause JPMorgan
Chase CEO Jamie Dimon to stop using
MERS for foreclosures in 2008.
Legal experts say the new attack, focus-
ing on the issue of county fees, may have a
better chance of success than the foreclo-
sure challenges because of the recent rev-
elations about robo-signers and fraudulent
foreclosure documents.
County recorders say they're not opposed
to moving out of the world of wet ink and
into the world of digital tracking. It's that
they feel local government should be doing
the tracking, not a private entity like MERS.
They also say important principles are at
stake.
"We do want to preserve the integrity of
our public records. That is our top priority,"
says Kay Wrucke, recorder in Martin
County, Minn. "If it's not in the public
record, how can you know whether the title
is clear on a home?"

"Now Gulf seafood is coming back on the menu, so come on down,
we're open for business."
Bryan Zar
Co-owner, Restaurant des Familles
Crown Point, LA

I grew up bussing tables at this restaurant. Last year, my wife,
Brooke, and I bought it. We were working hard to build a
business, then the spill hit. BP said they would try to make
things right. But how was an energy company going to help
our restaurant?

Keeping Businesses Open
We figured they would tell us to take a number and wait in line.
Instead, they asked us if we could serve food to the workers,
engineers, scientists, and local residents they had hired to
cleanup the spill. It kept us busy round the clock. And we
weren't the only ones. They hired a lot of local businesses and
kept a lot of people working. They have kept businesses up and
down the Gulf open and it's still making a difference.

Open for Business
BP asked us to share our story with you to keep you informed.
Our restaurant's open six days a week. Customers are filling our
restaurant again and we think it's a good time to come down to
the Gulf Coast, And if we could make just one request, please
think of us when planning your next vacation. We're still here
and while it's been tough, we are still cooking. And we are just
one of the hundreds of great places ready to welcome you when
you come down. So don't wait. We're looking forward to
seeing you,

ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
AP retail writer
NEW YORK
From free shipping from Wal-
Mart to Sears stores open on
Thanksgiving for the first time, the
battle for holiday shoppers' dollars
has begun in earnest
The early competition to break
through shoppers' caution about
spending promises savings for
those willing to buy amid an econ-
omy that's still worrying many. It
also promises convenience. Re-
tailers are offering deals anytime,
anywhere their customers want,
through websites, smart phones
and Facebook
Black Friday, the day after
Thanksgiving that typically kicks
off holiday shopping, is not only
being marketed as "Black Friday
week," but for a growing number
of stores, "Black Friday month."
As for Thanksgiving, some re-
tailers like Sears and Gap's Old
Navy hope shoppers will head to
stores after they finish their turkey
feasts. On the Web, Kohl's Corp.
and Target Corp. are among many
merchants dramatically stepping
up deals that day, counting on that
holiday to be one of the busiest
days of the year online.
"Everything is faster and
sooner," said Dan Grandpre, edi-
tor-in-chief of Dealnews.com,
which opened an office in Dublin,
Ireland, a few months ago to mon-
itor the frenetic pace of offers, par-
ticularly during the holidays.
Dealnews is based in Huntsville,
Ala.
Walmart Stores Inc. is clearly
going for the jugular in the holiday
retailing fight. It announced
Thursday that it will offer free
shipping on nearly 60,000 online
items with no minimum pur-
chase requirement. The offer,
which includes most electronics,
jewelry and toys, will run through
Dec. 20. Return shipping is also
free, or items can be returned to a
local store.

WHEN TO GRAB THE BEST DEALS

NEW YORK Before you head
into the final stretch before the holi-
day rush, when stores lose all sub-
tlety in the ways they push
gift-buying, you may wonder
whether to pass up November bar-
gains in the hope that some prices
will keep falling.
Last year, most customers who
waited until the final days before
Dec. 25 found empty shelves be-
cause stores had sold most of their
stock.
This year, most stores are head-
ing into the holidays with only a lit-
tle more inventory. But many are
discounting holiday goods earlier
than last year because shoppers
remain cautious.
Generally, "retailers are going out
with their best prices of the season
around the Thanksgiving week,"
said John Long, a retail strategist at
Kurt Salmon Associates.
Here are some tips for timing
your purchases this year.
MFLAT-PANEL TVS: Particu-
larly for lower-priced TV models,
the time to act is now through Black
Friday, the day after Thanksgiving,
analysts say.
In years past, it would have been
Black Friday. But retailers already
are slashing prices to move a
mounting glut of TVs. Walmart
Stores Inc., the nation's largest re-
tailer, discounted a 26-inch Vizio
LED HDTV from $298 to $198 last
weekend, for example. And a 55-

Walmart's free offer comes on
top of similarly aggressive free
shipping programs from Target
and J.C. Penney. Walmart's deal
adds to the discounter's Site to
Store program, which lets cus-
tomers buy an item online and
have it shipped free to their local
Walmart store for pickup.
Walmart.com is even testing a
service at nearly 800 stores that

inch Vizio LCD HDTV TV that had
been selling for $1,098 dropped to
$898 as part of a two-day sale.
Don't hold your breath for dis-
counts on the latest and greatest,
though. For 3-D and TVs that con-
nect to the Intemet, shoppers will
have to wait until after Christmas
for discounts, according to Craig
Johnson, president of retail consul-
tancy Customer Growth Partners.
ECOMPUTERS: Both low-end
and high-end laptop computers are
cheapest around Black Friday. Look
for the deals on laptops offered on-
line by manufacturers such as Dell
Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., rec-
ommended Dan de Grandpre, edi-
tor-in-chief of dealnews.com.
Anyone looking for ultra-cheap
laptops should also check Wal-
mart, office superstores and Ama-
zon.com, he said.
WHOT TOYS: If you want the
season's hottest toys, buy between
now and Black Friday because
many retailers, including Toys R Us
and Wal-Mart, have already dis-
counted some of them. Walmart
has cut prices on WowWee's Paper
Jamz Guitar and Mattel Inc.'s
Loopz electronic memory game.
And prices can even rise on the
hottest toys by mid-December as
supplies dwindle, analysts say.
*CLASSIC TOYS: If you're in
the market for evergreen toys like
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lets customers see inventory and
purchase products right from
home. The online orders are usu-
ally ready to be picked up at a
store within four hours.
That concept isn't new, but many
stores are joining Walmart in try-
ing to speed up the turnaround
time, says Noam Paransky, retail
strategist at Kurt Salmon Associ-
ates.

----: Business 'rT"

Co-op returns $14M
to its members
DADE CITY One of the many
benefits of being a member of a not-for-
profit electric cooperative is members
get to share in any excess margins at
the end of the year.
These margins are called capital
credits, and the Withlacoochee River
Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees
has authorized another $14 million dol-
lar return. Members who have had serv-
ice for more than one year will receive a
credit on their December bill.
Capital Credits are the accumulation
of all prior year's revenue after the Co-
op's expenses have been paid. These
credits are applied on a pro-rata basis to
each WREC member's account and

represent a portion of the total monies
paid to the co-op by each member.
"While WREC faces many of the
same economic challenges our mem-
bers face, we are very pleased to be
able to return another 14 million in capi-
tal credits to our members this year,"
said Billy Brown, WREC'S general man-
ager.
Capital Credits are unique to the co-
operative business model. Counting
this year's refund, WREC has given
back more than $223 million to its mem-
bers in Pasco, Hernando, Citrus,
Sumter and Polk counties since 1990.
Home and Outdoor Show
continues today
The second and final day of The Cit-
rus County Builders Association's an-

nual Home and Outdoor Show is today
at the National Guard Armory in Crystal
River. Featured is the Citrus Green
Building Council's Green Room, show-
casing green building services and
products Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information, call 746-9028 or
visit www.citrusbuilders.com
Builders building
a better Christmas
Citrus Builders Care has kicked off the
Building a Better Chrislntras Toys for Tots
drive. Anyone nteresled in helping can
drop off new, unwrapped toys and/or
stocking stuffers to the Citrus County
Builders Association offices between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through
Thursday.
Applications and sponsorship forms are

"Retailers are trying to
front of customers 24/7," Pa
said. With the wider adopt
smart phones, "it's explode
year"
Facebook.com r
launched its Deals program
ing up with a number of sto
cluding Penney and Gap Ii
offering allows shoppers to
in" using smart phones t(
shops and reap rewards
counts.
The intense marketing
opening in a season in whici
pers are expected to spend
little more than last year.
ployment is still stuck close
percent, and consumer coni
has been anemic for mont
months.
The National Retail Fed(
expects a 2.3 percent incr
spending to $447.1 billion
would fall short of the 10-ye
toric average of 2.5 perce
cording to the retail trade g
Online, the prospect
brighter. Online research
comScore Inc. expects any
from 7 to 9 percent growth
pared with a year ago, whe.
ness was up 4 percent ov
previous year, according to
culations. About 10 percent
iday sales are made
according to Forrester a
Sucharita Mulpuru.
"You clearly have a con
who is restrained. So you ha
drive to encourage consun
spend," Kevin Mansell,
president and CEO, said in
terview with The Asso
Press. But a bigger factor
tailers have to move with th
summer, and the consumer
ultimate flexibility of buyir
have to move with her"
Against this background
holiday deals have come in
fire succession. In the p
hours, Best Buy Co. announce
discounting a number
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available at www.citrusbuilders
contact Melissa Sutherland, Ai
ing and Cooling, at 564-3181,
Wright, Gold Crest Homes, at
If you know of anyone who r
fit from a helping hand with a t(
day season, have them contact
above numbers or visit the wel
application. Child sponsorships
available for $25 per child.
Citrus Builders Care is a nor
ganization founded by the Citru
Builders Association, whose m
correct substandard housing in
County. For more information,v
www.citrusbuilderscare.org or
ministrative assistant Linda Ga
364-1056.

Laura Byrnes
WORKFORCE
CONNECTION

Helping

veterans

find jobs

S ome serious red,
white and blue burst
through the bur-
nished oranges and golds
of autumn this week as we
celebrated Veterans Day.
On Nov. 11, people
throughout Citrus County,
Florida and the nation
honored and thanked
those who served in our
Armed Forces. This year,
we commemorated the
92nd anniversary of the
armistice that ended
World War I a war de-
scribed by congressional
resolution as the "most
destructive, sanguinary
and far-reaching war in
human annals...'
The annals of time,
however, marched on, and
so on Thursday, we joined
in recognizing those who
served in all our wars,
AdBullder from Revolutionary to
I Afghanistan.
S There was plenty of flag
waving, military exhibits
and stirring speeches, not
to mention the traditional
patriotic parade which
be in wound from Citrus High
iransky School to the Old Court-
>tion of house in downtown Inver-
ing this ness.
And then Friday, Nov.
recently 12, rolled around.
i, team- For thousands of Citrus
)res, in- County's veterans, that
nc. The meant another day with-
"check out a job.
o these According to the most
or dis- recent American Commu-
nity Survey available for
is hap- this area, approximately
h shop- 22,000 veterans, or nearly
only a one out of every five resi'
Unem- dents, calls Citrus County
3e to 10 home.
idence That ACS data, it should
hs and be noted, tracks the three-
year period from 2006-
eration 2008 before the recession
ease in took root As a percentage
a. That of the overall labor force,
ar his- Citrus County veterans'
*nt, ac- unemployment rate as of
group. January 2008 was 8.5 per-
s are cent. While that was
h firm higher than the national
'where rate of 5.4 percent, today it
h com- is likely considerably
n busi- higher, given that Citrus
'er the County's overall unem-
its cal- ployment rate is 13.7 per-
of hol- cent compared to a
online, national rate of 9.2 per-
analyst cent
But even if we stick with
isumer the more conservative
ve this numbers, consider this:
ners to The unemployment rate
Kohl's among Citrus County's
an in- veterans tops 21 percent.
)ciated Of the 21,577 veterans es-
is "re- timated to live in Citrus
ie con- County, 4,549 are jobless.
wants More startling, perhaps, is
ig. You the fact that only 157 vet-
erans who receive unem-
d, the ployment compensation
rapid- or who have exhausted
ast 24 their benefits are regis-
ced it's tered for services through
of its Workforce Connection of
Citrus, Levy and Marion
age D2 counties and the Employ
Florida Marketplace.
So this year, in addition
to the star-spangled trib-
scare.org or utes and shows of appre-
r Care Heat- ciation, another way we
orAnjela can truly celebrate our
697-5831. veterans is by helping
might bene- them re-enter the civilian
oy this holi- workforce. Here are some
t one of the ideas to get started for
site for an both employers and veter-
s are also ans:
Employers: Hiring a
profit or- veteran isn't just an act of
us County good will, it's good busi-
ission is to ness. Veterans not only
SCitrus have demonstrated lead-
visit ership and teamwork
contact ad- skills, they have thle
rrettat proven ability to learn
new skills and concepts
quickly.

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See .- ',Page D2

D2 S-Not A, NovE'MEliIR 14, 2010

SHOP
Continued from Page Dl

electronics items this Fri-
day and Saturday. For ex-
ample, it has a 40-inch LCD
HDTV for $399.99.
Retailer Kmart said it's
letting customers who buy
items online pick up pur-
chases on the same day at
more than 600 locations.
The retailer, owned by
Sears Holdings Corp., also
announced customers can
now buy items through the
Kmart2go mobile web site
or smart phone applica-
tions and select in-store
pickup.
The apps also can be used
in-store for product infor-
mation.
But many are also not
waiting to give shoppers a

BUSINESS

sneak preview of what type
of come-ons they'll find the
day after Thanksgiving:
Target will offer dis-
counts both online and in
stores. It's offering a
Thanksgiving Day sale on-
line with deals including
discounts of up to 50 per-
cent off on electronics such
as cameras, TVs, a Blu-ray
player and video game con-
sole. In stores, Target will
have 25 early morning Black
Friday bargains, 11 more
than last year.
Staples is offering deals
from 6 a.m. to noon, includ-
ing a $499.98 HP Laptop
with an Intel Celeron 900
Processor marked down to
$299.98.
The Disney Store plans
to offer 20 percent off most
items until 10 a.m. It also
plans to open 110 locations
at midnight.

DEALS
Continued from Page D1

board games, however, defi-
nitely wait until after Thanks-
giving week for better deals.
But don't expect 70 percent
off on Dec. 26, either. That's
because stores want to be
ready for post-Christmas
shoppers bearing gift cards,
says toy analyst Chris
Byrne.
CLOTHING: Many
stores may cut prices on key
clothing items like sweaters
and jackets up to 50 percent
this weekend and next, said
Marshal Cohen, chief ana-
lyst for market research firm
NPD. That's earlier than
usual, but merchants are
still trying to clear out a

backlog of cold-weather
items after an unseasonably
warm autumn.
He said stores aren't ex-
pected to cut prices any fur-
ther for Black Friday
weekend, but they may
deepen discounts to 70 per-
cent after Dec. 26. Just be-
ware that you may not find
the color or size you need.
Regardless, a lot depends
on the weather. If it warms
up, stores will have to dis-
count cold-weather items
even more, said Tom Jacob-
son, managing director of
pricing and profit optimiza-
tion strategy atAccenture.
Overall, "stores are really fo-
cusing on sticking to their
(discounting) plans," he
said.
-Associated Press

DIGEST
Continued from Page Dl

Realty Executives
launches website
Executives International Inc.
announced the launch of its re-
designed website, www.
RealtyExecutives.com, at the
National Association of Realtors
Convention & Expo in New Or-
leans Nov. 5-8.
The website has been in beta
testing for approximately two
months and has already ex-
ceeded 1.2 million web pages,
making it one of the most popu-
lated real estate websites online.
Realty Executives Intema-
tional made the site public to
major search engines like
Google, AOL and Yahoo! during
the convention. The company

CrrUvs COUNTY (FL) CIRONici.E

says search engines like Google
will take at least 30 to 60 days to
index the sites' pages, thus in-
creasing its search rankings.
Different from traditional real
estate websites, www.
RealtyExecutives.com is a
"community" of websites in the
Realty Executives International
network of nearly 11,000 sales
associates and approximately
700 franchises globally.
The website is in the process
of integrating every Multiple List-
ing Service (MLS) in every Re-
alty Executives market, as well
as each individual real estate
agent, broker and regional de-
veloper), into one central loca-
tion online.
"The website is a one stop
shop for home buyers and sell-
ers," said Glenn Melton, chief
executive officer of Realty Exec-
utives Intemational.

BYRNES
Continued from Page Dl

They are also efficient, respectful
and possess a high-degree of integrity
Workforce Connection can provide
businesses with pre-screened, quali-
fied candidates, facilitate job inter-
views either at your workplace or
elsewhere, and post your job opening
on Employ Florida.
Additionally, private sector employ-
ers are eligible for a Work Opportunity
Tax Credit of up to $2,400 for every un-
employed veteran hired before the
close of the year.
Veterans: Workforce Connection of-
fers a variety of services and programs,
at no charge, that can help veterans get
the job they need and deserve. Those
include:
Power Seeker Workshop on Mon-
day, Nov 15 from 8-11:30 a.m. at the Col-
lege of Central Florida's Lecanto
conference center. In partnership with
Monster.com, the global online em-
ployment solutions provider, the work-
shops can help veterans and their
spouses learn how to stand out in the
crowd in today's tough labor market.
Tools include developing power re-

sumes that demonstrate how military
skills transfer to civilian careers; how
to nail a job interview through brand-
ing, research and other key techniques;
developing meaningful career net-
works; maximizing use of Monster.com,
Military Advantage, Militarycom and
the Employ Florida Marketplace.
Talent Marketplace for Veterans
on Thursday, Dec. 9 from 8:30 a.m. to
noon at CF's Lecanto conference cen-
ter. The Talent Marketplace replaces
the old "job fair" concept with a Career
Launch strategy designed to get the
best talent match between employers
and job seekers.
Retooling and Refueling for Suc-
cess Workshops designed to provide
veterans with career tools and strate-
gies to stay focused and successful dur-
ing career-transitions. The next
workshop takes place Jan. 25-27, 2011.
Veterans Job Information services
are available when you need them at
the Citrus County Workforce Connec-
tion Center at 1103 E. Inverness Blvd.,
in Inverness. The center is staffed with
a network of professional Disabled Vet-
erans Outreach Program specialists
and Local Veterans Employment Rep-
resentatives tasked to provide priority
workforce services to veterans. Serv-
ices include job placement, informa-

tion about the local job market, assess-
ments and career-interest testing, re-
ferral to training programs and help
securing funds to complete training or
retraining.
To learn more about these or other
workforce programs, contact the Citrus
County Workforce Connection at 637-
2223, visit www.clmworkforce.com, or
call 1-800-434-JOBS.

Laura Byrnes, APR, is community
relations/communications manager
at Workforce Connection.
Contact her at 352-291-9445 or
lbyrnes@clmworkforce. com.

Workforce Connection is a member of
force services and resources. Work-
force Connection is an equal
opportunity employer/program. Auxil-
iary aids and services are available
upon request to individuals with dis-
abilities. All voice telephone numbers
listed above may be reached by per-
sons using TTY/TDD equipment via
the Florida Relay Service at 711. Ifyou
need accommodations, please call
352-840-5700, ext 7878 or e-mail ac-
commodations@clnmworldbrce.conm at
least three business days in advance.

Your stories make us more than a bank.
/At Caitll City Bank, "we believe iin pirrovidiing more than just sound advice and excellent service. We strive to build
personal! re!a-tionshiil ipsW tJh d~th our clients. That promise of inii'd'vilual attention is what separates Capital City Bank
fMflt iiest, and Why you should make us yLour bankers,

Many thanks to Suncoast Plumbing and Surfaces Flooring for hosting a fabulous Cham-
ber After Hours Business Mixer this week. More than 100 Chamber and EDC members
attended and were treated to a fabulous spread of appetizers and beverages. Many plumb-
ing and flooring representatives were on hand to speak with the members. Pictured are
owners Todd Workman and Joe Bell.

UNDERSTAND
THE COUNTY
BID PROCESS

* WHAT: Work-
shop on under-
standing the
county bid
process. Also,
learn how to
get your busi-
ness registered
as a county ven-
dor eligible to
place bids on
county con-
tracts.
* WHEN: Tuesday,
Nov. 16,
9 to 11 a.m.
M WHERE: Citrus
County Builders
Association.
* PRESENTED
BY: The Cham-
ber, EDC, and
the Citrus
County Business
Resource
Alliance.
* COST: Free to
attend, but
reservations are
required.
* CONTACT: 795-
3149 or jackie@
citruscounty
chamber.com.

Veterans Appreciation Week

The Chamber andi the EDC were honored to present Jordan Bush with a certificate of appreciation in honor of his duty to
the United States and in support of Veterans Day. Pictured are EDC Executive Director John Siefert, EDC President and
County Commissioner Joe Meek, Andrea Bush, Jordan Bush, Chamber Chairwoman Teresa Bell and Chamber CEO Josh
Wooten.

Hospice of Citrus County
Pawfection Ranch Grooming & Pet Hotel,
6420 S. Suncoast Blvd., Homosassa, will pres-
ent "Pet Photos With Santa" on Sunday, Nov. 14
from 1 to 4 p.m. Pawfection Ranch will present
refreshments, prizes and raffles and special
store sales. There is a suggested donation of $5
per pet photo. All pets must be on a leash. All
donations will benefit patients and families
served by Hospice of Citrus County. Hospice of
Citrus County, licensed in 1985, has earned the
Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval. For ad-
ditional information on the Pawfection Ranch
"Pet Photos With Santa" fundraising event, con-
tact Hospice of Citrus County Development
Manager Linda Baker at (352) 527-2020. Con-
tact Pawfection Ranch at (352) 628-2828 or visit
Pawfection Ranch on the Web at www.pawfec-
tionranch.com.
College of Central Florida
The College of Central Florida Continuing
Education on the Citrus Campus will have the
following classes in the near future. Call 249-
1210 or log on to CFItraining.cf.edu for more in-
formation or for other classes that may be of
interest.
Let's Get to know herbs II is a continua-
tion of "Let's Get to know Herbs." Learn to propa-
gate herbs, make "herb dirt" using a standard
herb mixture and learn about organic fertilizers
as well as making your own pest control. Plan
your herb garden and learn how to dry your
herbs, harvest and preserve them. Class is $39
and will be held in building C4 Room 204 on Sat-
urdays, Nov. 27 through Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. to
noon. Call 249-1210 or log on to CFItrain-
ing.cf.edu for more information or for other
classes that may be available.
eBay Buying & Selling Basics will show
you how to how to open an eBay account, utilize
PayPal, how to research and create listings.
Learn to enhance your listings, pricing and shop-
ping on eBay. Class will be on Saturdays, Dec. 4
and 18 from 9 a.m. to noon for a fee of $89 in
building C4, Room 110. Call 249-1210 or log on
to CFItraining.cf.edu for more information or for

other classes that may be available.
Advanced Golf will be taught on select golf
courses and will expand on techniques learned
in the beginning and intermediate classes. Im-
prove your playing skills and knowledge of the
rules. Prerequisites include beginning/intermedi-
ate class or a handicap of 15 or lower. Class is
held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Dec. 7
through 16 from 3 to 6 p.m. for a fee of $150.
Call 249-1210 or log onto CFItraining.cf.edu for
more information or for other classes that may
be available.
Notary Training is a state-approved three-
hour course required for all individuals seeking to
obtain a Florida notary commission. Students will
receive a class completion certificate that must
accompany the application for a new notary
commission. The course is also recommended
as a refresher for veteran notaries. Class will be
held on Thursday, Dec. 9, from 12:30 to 3:30
p.m. in Building C2, Room 102 for a fee of $99,
Call 249-1210 or log on to CFltraining.cf.edu for
more information or for other classes that may
be available.
HPH Hospice workshop
HPH Hospice is offering two Holiday Bereave-
ment Workshops to help people who have lost a
loved one prepare for and cope during the up-
coming holiday season of events. Paul Win-
stead, LMHC, will conduct the workshops on
Thursday, Nov. 18 at 2 p.m. and Thursday, Dec.
9, at 6:30 p.m. Both meetings are at the Genesis
Community Church Youth Annex, 2389 E.
Norvelle Bryant Hwy., Lecanto. This is located
near the Knights of Columbus building on
County Road 486. The program offers partici-
pants an opportunity to explore their expecta-
tions of the holiday season this year, and
develop coping skills that allow expression of
normal grief during the holiday season.
This program is free and provided for any
members of the community. Call Paul Winstead
at 527-4600 to let him know you will be attend-
ing, as materials are provided.
If you have any questions about bereavement
services or local hospice programs, call the HPH

Administrative office at 527-4600.
Quick Stop Barber Shop
Quick Stop Barber Shop will sponsor a kickoff
party for "The Teen Experience," a nonprofit
foundation that aids local teens. The event will
be on Saturday, Nov. 27, at 3 p.m. at the Thun-
der Inn on U.S. 41. The Bad Kitty Band will play.
Come out for prizes, 50/50 drawings, and more.
For more information, call (352) 220-7260.
Skoors Neighborhood Market
The soon-to-open Inverness Farmers' Market
will be a showcase of locally grown goods with
an educational and entertaining experience for
visitors. The market's grand opening is Saturday,
Nov. 20, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Inverness
Government Center.
More than two years in the making, the open-
ing day will feature more than a dozen vendors.
Featured items will include fresh fruits and veg-
etables, fresh herbs, breads and pastries, home-
made soaps and lotions, honey, flowers, plants,
boiled peanuts and other items. The market will
also feature cooking demonstrations and educa-
tional exhibits covering a range of topics, includ-
ing proper plant selection, organic gardening and
tips to protect the environment.
The market is a partnership between the City
of Inverness and Skoors Neighborhood Market.
After the grand opening, the market will be
open each month on the third Saturday from No-
vember to May. Organizers hope that as the
market becomes popular, it can expand to sev-
eral times a month and possibly weekly.
Skoors owners LeRoy and Stephanie Rooks
will manage the market while the City will pro-
vide logistical and marketing support. Skoors will
also be one of the featured vendors, selling pro-
duce and offering an organics-only booth.
An advisory committee met regularly over the
last year to develop a market concept and plan.
Anyone interested in becoming a vendor at the
market or obtaining more information can con-
tact LeRoy Rooks at Skoors at (352) 341-2777;
e-mail info@invernessfarmersmarket.com; or log
on to the market website at www.invernessfarm-

ersmarket.com.
Professional Appraisers
Professional Appraisers and Liquidators An-
tique Auction Gallery, 811 U.S. 19 in Crystal
River (in the Crystal Square Plaza), announces
that in addition to their "high-end" antique and
collectibles auctions, they will also conduct
auctions offering the contents of estates they buy
or take on consignment. This means that be-
sides the antiques, fine jewelry and art they've
been auctioning for more than 30 years, you can
now also bid on contemporary furniture and
many other great items that they find in the es-
tates.
The first of these Estate Auctions, offering a
combination of antiques and estate items, was
Nov. 13. The next auction of this type will be Nov.
27 at 1 p.m.
If you've never attended an auction, this will
be a great introduction, since they will literally
have something for everyone. Also, keep them in
mind if you have antiques, fine jewelry or coins
to sell or consign, or you know of anyone who
needs to liquidate an estate. More info at
www.charliefudge.com.
HPH Hospice Tree of Ufe
Holiday lights are twinkling and HPH Hospice
is getting into the spirit as it celebrates its 16th
annual Tree of Life, a community event to re-
member and pay tribute to those we love. In Cit-
rus County, there will be Trees of Life ready for
HPH ornaments beginning Friday, Nov. 26, with
donations supporting the not-for-profit agency's
patient and family care programs.
The trees will be at the HPH Hospice Care
Center, 701 Medical Drive Ct. E in Inverness,
and the HPH Hospice House on County Road
486 at Emeritus of Barrington Place, outside the
hospice wing.
Beginning Monday, Nov. 29, the Tree of Life
will be featured at the Old Courthouse Museum
in the Square at Inverness. Individuals can place
ornaments at these locations through Christmas
Eve, or by calling the HPH administrative office
in Beverly Hills at 527-4600.

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CITRUS(1 S (]OIzT' (FL) (CHRIIONI(CLE

Macy's CEO: Personal

approach will help shoppers

AP retail writer

NEW YORK Across the
country, Macy's is ringing in
this Christmas with local fla-
voi; from Elvis ornaments in
Tennessee to Texas-themed
martini glasses.
These 2,200 themed orna-
ments and other decor sold
locally for the holidays are
vivid examples of how Macy's
Inc.'s chairman, CEO and
president Terry J. Lundgren,
58, is looking to harness the
magic of the storied 152-year-
old department store chain
this Christmas and beyond.
Since its 2005 merger with
May Department Store Co.'s
various regional nameplates,
Lundgren has ditched sto-
ried names such as Marshall
Field's to convert most stores
to one national Macy's brand.
But the chain's latest shift
emphasizes local stores' roots
by tailoring merchandise to
local markets, he says.
Shoppers are now finding
conservative suits in Wash-
ington, D.C., and large-size
cookware in Utah to cater to
larger families, for example.
The strategy, rolled out last
year to all its stores, has
1,600 district managers in 69
regional districts oversee-
ing merchandise assort-
ments in no more than 12
stores each.
Lundgren, a 35-year retail
veteran, conceived of the
changes, dubbed "My
Macy's," as consumer spend-
ing was slowing down three
years ago. But the financial
meltdown made the top exec-
utive accelerate the move.
That has helped the nation's
second-largest department
store chain after Sears Hold-
ings Corp. outperform com-
petitors.
Lundgren expects the local
strategy to help revenue at
stores open at least a year
rise as much as 3.5 percent in
the second half. Based on
stronger-than-expected Octo-
ber revenue, Macy's raised its
earnings forecast last week.
The retailer is scheduled to
report its third-quarter earn-
ings Wednesday.
Lundgren is also focusing
on Macy's exclusive brands to
help differentiate the chain
from competitors. For the
back-to-school season,
Macy's, based in Cincinnati,
launched its Material Girl
fashion collection, created by

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Terry J. Lundgren, chairman, CEO and president of Macy's
Inc., stands in the Holiday Lane section of Macy's depart-
ment store in New York.

pop star Madonna and her
daughter Lourdes, which has
been a home run. The teen
collection enhances Macy's
portfolio of celebrity brands,
which include Martha Stew-
art's home furnishings collec-
tion, Donald Trump's ties
and Tommy Hilfiger sports-
wear. Forty-two percent of its
revenue comes from exclu-
sive brands or store labels,
Lundgren says.
Lundgren became CEO of
Macy's former parent Feder-
ated Department Stores Inc.
in 2003. Two years later; he
spearheaded the $17 billion
acquisition of May, giving the
company more than 800
stores.
Here, excerpts from a re-
cent phone interview with
Lundgren:
Q: What's the biggest les-
son you learned from the
Great Recession?
A: (After the financial melt-
down), we just quickly knew
there wasn't going to be a
quick response to the con-
sumer and that this was the
time to make major changes
and to address all the
changes that perhaps we
were concerned about mak-
ing. We made structural
changes for the better As we
come out of this period ... we
are clearly benefiting.
Q: How optimistic are you
about the Christmas season?
A: In our company, we re-
ally rally around the holiday
period. We get geared up for
the Macy's Thanksgiving Day
parade. Our position is not
only to make this known on a
national scale, but also on a
local basis. Texas has their
own tree of boots. Every store
has a Christmas ornament
that's geared toward their
marketplace. ... A couple

hundred stores on the main
floor have a section of unique
gifts. This is going to be very
different from everything we
had ever done.
Q: What's the biggest finan-
cial issue facing your cus-
tomer today?
A: I think the job issue is
number one on the minds of
consumers. We (still have) a
significant number of indi-
viduals out of work. But the
dllhii ti-.- is that the people
who have a job today believe
they are going to keep their
jobs.
Q: You started your retail-
ing career in 1975 as a trainee
with Bullock's. What drew
you to retailing?
A: It was the people. ... I
had 13 job offers. ... I took a
job for less money at Bul-
lock's, but I felt if I performed
well ... I would be more likely
noticed (there) because of the
attention I received during
the interview process.
Q: Any life experiences
that have shaped you as a
leader?
A: When I was a sopho-
more in college my father
called me at the fraternity He
told me he no longer had the
funds to pay for college. If I
wanted to continue, I would
have to do it on my own. I was
19. I figured he was trying to
ruin my life.
I ended up having a job
working 40 hours a week I
started out cracking oysters
and peeling shrimp. I worked
full time and I went to school
full time, and I had very good
gr-ades. I discovered that the
best thing for me was to be
very busy all the time. I can
get a lot done, and I can do
those tasks well. That was a
big switch that went off for
me.

Should I borrow my

gifted cash to pay debt?

DEAR BRUCE: I
have a huge amount
of credit
card debt,
which I am
hoping to pay
off completely
one day My 84- -*
year-old dad
just decided to
give each of his
four children
the $12,000 he
is allowed to Bruce Wi
give tax-free
each year. He
does not have a
lot of money
and will not be able to do
this ever again, but he
wanted to do it while he
can. He does have money
from the sale of his house,
but it's not a lot. My sister
thinks we should consider
this money untouchable for
five years because we
would have to return it
should he go into a nursing
home. I think I should use
the money now to pay off
the high-interest debt and
then try to save what money
I can to replace it, with the
idea that if I ever have to
return the $12,000, I can
borrow what I need. -
D.K, via e-mail
DEAR D.K: Assuming
you are a reasonable per-
son and have fairly exam-
ined the possibility of
having to replace the
$12,000, then I would think
that your plan to use the
$12,000 to repay the high-
interest debt is the better
way to go. Obviously, if the
things that Ijust mentioned
do take place, the state (if
they decide to come after
you) will have to find a way
to force you to pay. Given
that you are amenable to
borrowing the money, I
don't have any problem. I
suspect that your sister and
perhaps the other kids are
in a little better position to
sit on the money rather
than use it the way you de-
scribed. Other things being
equal, you sound like a re-
sponsible person and given
that you are paying a very
substantial amount of high
credit card interest. I
would follow your plan.
DEAR BRUCE: I sold my
house this year I am 70
years old and did not buy
another house. Is there
such a thing as forgiveness
on your income tax if you

did not buy another prop-
erty? I will have to pay a
large amount on
my income tax. I
live on my Social
Security and a
small pension. My
yearly income is
around $15,188. -
Evelyn, via e-mail
DEAR EVE-
LYN: You said "I"
rather than "we,"
lliams so I assume that
you are unmar-
ried. In that case,
the first quarter of
a million dollars
of profit on your home is to-
tally tax-free (a married
couple's would be half a
million). Assuming that you
were living in your home
for more than three years,
you will have a substantial
tax deduction.
By all means, consult an
accountant. I don't think
you have anything to con-
cern yourself with unless
the house sold for a lot
more than the profit, and
the profit on the house ex-
ceeded that quarter-of-a-
million-dollar deduction.
DEAR BRUCE: I am 57
and plan to retire within
five years. I purchased a
condo in 2006, and in 2008
got deep into debt and
walked away from my
home. I walked away in
2008 under the impression
that it would go into fore-
closure. However, the lend-
ing company did a charge
off. I understand a charge
off, but I would like to know
if I should consider moving
back. I owe the association
fees and taxes for one year.
I can catch up in 12 months.
I'm not disputing the
charges from the associa-
tion. I just need a payment
plan, and they say they will
work with me. I would like
to offer a settlement to the
lending company in hopes
of owning the condo. Can I
move back to my condo? Is
this a good idea? I also un-
derstand that I can also do
a short sale, but would pre-
fer to pay it off. E.D., via
e-mail
DEAR E.D.: Your letter
confuses me. You said you
were under the impression
that there would be a fore-
closure. Is the property still
in your name? That can be
determined in the county
where the property is lo-

cated.
If the property is still in
your name, I am not at all
sure what your options are.
You could go back to the
lender and see if you could
work out a deal. The asso-
ciation charges are what
they are, and as you say
"they will work with you."
They have nothing to lose;
right now they have no in-
come.
It may be that the mort-
gage company still has this
property in their name and
they would like to clear the
books.
First thing to do is find
out who owns this property.
In the event that it is still in
your name, that presents
some other interesting
problems, not the least of
these is liability (should
something happen) because
I am sure at this time you
have dropped your home-
owners insurance. When
you get all these details
sorted out, get back to me
and I will try and help you.
DEAR BRUCE: My par-
ents have gifted me money
on a yearly basis with the
understanding that I would
hold onto it for them in case
they needed it. Should they
not need it, the money
would be split between my
two siblings and me. They
have decided they would
like me to distribute the
money. I am very willing
but am wondering if there
are any tax or legal ramifi-
cations for me. Am I al-
lowed to give away $30,000
to two siblings? Is there a
yearly limit? I am 57 years
old. Susan, via e-mail
DEAR SUSAN: This
should not present any
problems. You are allowed
to give $12,000 to any one
person in any one year.
That would mean $24,000
immediately, .and if you do
this before the end of this
year, the remaining $6,000
($3,000 a piece) in the next
tax year. Alternatively, if the
siblings are married, you
could give $12,000 a piece to
them and $3,000 to the
spouses, but either way,
there is no serious problem.

Submitted by: Martha Daddio of Inverness
Ingredients:
1 Box of moist white cake mix
*3 large eggs
3/4 cup of water
1/4Tablespoon of vegetable oil
1 Teaspoon of coconut extract
1 (16oz.) can of coconut liquid
Topping:
1 package of whip topping (Use as the directions indicate) I
I 1 (15oz.) bag of coconut flakes I
Instructions:
For cake. In a large mixing bowl, add the cake mix, eggs, water,
vegetable oil, and coconut extract. Use a electric mixer, on
medium speed for 15 minutes or until all ingredients are well
blended. Pour the mixture into two round cake pans. Spray the
two cake pans with unstick cooking spray. Place in a 375 degree
oven for 35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clear. Start
making your topping by using a medium size bowl, add package
of whip topping, vanilla extract and low-fat milk. Use a electric
blender, mix until topping comes out fluffy. Set topping in the
refrigerator until cakes are done cooking. After cakes are done
and ready to come out of the oven, with a folk poke holes in the
cake all over.Then place cakes on rack to cool.Then shake the can
of coconut liquid and place it in the hot oven for 5 minutes to get
it warm, so the coconut liquid will melt inside the can. After the
cakes are cooled, pour the coconut liquid on both cakes. With a I
knife spread all over cakes. Take the whip topping and spread
I over the bottom layer cake, sprinkling coconut flakes on it. Then
add the top layer cake repeating with whip topping and coconut
flakes all around, including the sides. Prepare time: 20 minutes.

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Ideal candidate must
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please fax your
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Excellent benefits
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SR 200 1 ml. N
of CR 484
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our
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We are open
10:00 A. till 4:00 P.
Monday-Saturday.
All Cats and Kittens
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at 1149 N Conant Ave.
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Look for the big white
building with the
bright paw prints.

Business Name:
Suburban Industries. Inc.
How long has the business beeoo in operation
In the Citrus County aren?
Thie cooperation was started In 2003, although
before that we did sub-contract aluminum work
from 1996 until 2003.
Describe the service/product you offer?
We are a state certified building contractor that
specializes in a iuminurn structures such as screen
enclose as, glass roons, Florida rooms. W also
hive the, knowledge and experience to take onl
larger projects such as constructing residential and
commercial buildings.
What do your customers like best about your
business?
I think it is o Ur attention to detail on our projects.
We take goat care onil our cuIstomners construction
projects as if we were working on our own home.
We also make sure we keep all scheduled
appointments with our customers. If we can not
make it we will always call to reschedule.
What is something your business offers that
people don't expect?
It is usually thie hands on aspect of tine
corIstluctioin as we usuLally Iuse no sub-contractors.
Whien ylou hire Sulburban Industries, Inc. you wilt
see Gary Badossa on job in chaige of thio
construction. Also mty wife Oorina hanridles thile
office work. We aro a family oriented business.
Why did you choose tills business?
Whon I was a young man I worked for my dad in
thie nialuminumr business. He was Ini aluminumn111
contractor In New England for about 30 years until
moving to Flolida. It has always boon family
oliOntod buHsiess Heo tns passed away anid I hivo
been working It constrLuction for 25 yenrs 1mtyself, It
is something that is just i tie blood, sort of spoak,
What are your business hours, address, phone
nunmbor and e-mnlii?
HouL. .: Monday Satiulday, e:00 'In 5:00 p1t1
We are located in Locarito. ,Iordi.
352-628-0562
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history, excellent
clinical and manage-
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We'll Miss You,
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George has been our
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manager and is
leaving for a tremen-
dous opportunity.
He was the leader of
our kitchen and was
always happy and
dedicated beyond
description. He could
plan menus, hire and
train our other staff
members, manage
his budget with the
expertise of an exec-
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wonderful dishes that
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think you could fill
George's shoes, we
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Great opportunity for
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opportunities for tele-
marketers to cultivate
large prospect
database. No cold
calling. Late after-
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weekend hours with
flexible schedule.
Must be personable
and computer
literate. Fax resume
to 352-746-7707.
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adults with daily living
and employment
skills. HS Diploma/GED
required
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in classroom setting.
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degree or four yrs.
experience working
with DD population
required.
Apply in Person
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from November 1, 2010 -
November 30, 2010.
Published In Citrus County
Chronicle Nov. 1 thru
Nov. 30, 2010.

344-1107 SUCRN
Use Uniform Ad Volorem-2011 LUmerock Road Paving CC BOCC
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CITRUS
COUNTY, FLORIDA, OF ITS INTENT TO USE THE UNIFORM AD VALOREM METHOD OF COL-
LECTION OF NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS FOR THE PROVISION OF RECON-
STRUCTED STREETS, DRAINAGE AND OTHER PERTINENT FACILITIES TO THE 2011 LIMEROCK
ROAD PAVING PROGRAM.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all owners of lands located within the 2011 Umerock
Road Paving Program, more particularly described In Exhibit "A" attached hereto
and made a part hereof, that the Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County
intends to use the uniform ad valorem method of collecting non-ad valorem assess-
ments levied by the Board of County Commissioners as set forth in Section 197.3632,
Florida Statutes, ana the Board will hold a public hearing on December 7, 2010, at
4:15 P.M. at the Board of County Commissioners' Meeting Room, Citrus County
Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida.
The purpose of the public hearing will be to consider the adoption of a Resolution
authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County to use the uniform
ad valorem method of collecting non-ad valorem assessments as provided for,in
Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes.
The Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County proposes to adopt a non-ad
valorem assessment for the provision of reconstructed streets, drainage and other
pertinent facilities within the area of Citrus County known as the 2011 Umerock Road
Paving Program, more particularly described in Exhibit "A".
The Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County is considering the adoption of a
non-ad valorem assessment for reconstructed streets, drainage and other pertinent
facilities commencing In fiscal year 2011/2012.
Interested persons may appear at the public hearing to be heard regarding the use
of the uniform ad-valorem method of collecting said non-ad valorem assessments. If
this method of collection is used, failure to pay the assessment will cause a tax certifi-
cate to be issued against the property which may result in a loss of title.
If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board of County Commis-
sioners with ,pect to any matter considered at this public hearing, they will need to
ensure that verLotim record of the proceedings is made which record shall In-
clude the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
Any person requiring reasonable accommodation at this meeting because of a dis-
ability or physical impairment should contact the County Administrator's Office, 110
North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, (352) 341-6560, at least two days be-
fore the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, use the TDD Telephone
(352) 341-6580.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CITRUS COUNTY. FLORIDA
BY: /s/ GARY BARTELL, CHAIRMAN
2011 LIMEROCK ROAD PAVING PROGRAM
EXHIBIT "A"
EAST FLETCHER STREET plattedd as Fletcher Avenue) from the east right-of-way line of
North Frazier Terrace plattedd as Frazier Street) thence easterly 545 feet to the end of
the existing base as recorded in Plot Book 8, Pages 16-18, Hercala Acres. Section 28,.
Township 18 South, Range 19 East. Citrus County, Florida.
WEST OHIO DRIVE plattedd as Ohio Avenue) from North Ira Martin Avenue to the west
right-of-way line of North Bardge Terrace .cn-i .D Bardge Street) as recorded in
Plat Book 6, Page 51, Holiday Heights ..-, i'':. sectionn 20, Township 17 South,
Range 17 East, Citrus County, Florida.
WEST ROCKHAVEN LANE from South Hancock Road to South October Drive,
Homosasso Retreats Unit 5 Unrecorded Subdivision, Sections 8 & 9, Township 20
South. Range 17 East, Citrus County, Florida. (County Road per deed recorded in
Official Record Book 309, Pages 25-27)

NORTH SARAH POINT plattedd as Third Court) from the north right-of-way line of East
Evelyn Street plattedd as Evelyn Road) thence northerly 302 feet to the end of the
platted roadway as recorded In Plat Book 6. Pages 139-141, Forest Lake, Section 21,
Township 18 South, Range 19 East, Citrus County, Florida.
Published In Citrus County Chronicle. Nov. 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2010.

346-1128 SUCRN
2011 Citrus Springs Water Une Ext. CC BOCC
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CITRUS
COUNTY, FLORIDA OF ITS INTENT TO USE THE UNIFORM AD VALOREM METHOD OF COL-
LECTION OF NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS FOR THE PROVISION OF WATER SER-
VICES FOR THE CITRUS SPRINGS WATER LINE EXTENSIONS 2011 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT
DISTRICT.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all owners of vacant lands located within the Citrus
Springs Water Line Extensions 2011 Special Assessment District, more particularly de-
scribed in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof, that the Board of
County Commissioners of Citrus County intends to use the uniform ad valorem
method of collecting non-ad valorem assessments levied by the Board of County
Commissioners as set forth in Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes, and the Board will
hold a public hearing on December 7, 2010, at 3:00 P.M. in the Board of County
Commissioners' Meeting Room, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Ave-
nue, Inverness. Florida.
The purpose of the public hearing will be to consider the adoption of a Resolution
authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County to use the uniform
ad valorem method of collecting non-ad valorem assessments as provided for in
Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes.
The Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County proposes to adopt a non-ad
valorem assessment for the provision of water services within the area of Citrus
County known as the Citrus Springs Water Line Extensions 2011 Special Assessment
District, more particularly described in Exhibit "A*, and commencing In fiscal year
2011/2012,
Interested persons may appear at the public hearing to be heard regarding the
use of the uniform ad-valorem method of collecting said non-ad valorem assess-
ments, If this method of collection is used. failure to pay the assessment will cause a
tax certificate to be issued against the property which may result in a loss of title.
If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board of County Commis-
sioners with respect to any matter considered at this public hearing, they will need to
ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made which record shall in-
clude the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
Any person requiring reasonable accommodation at this meeting because of a
disability or physical impairment should contact the County Administrator's Office,
110 North Apopka Avenue. Inverness. Florida 34450. (352) 341-6560, at least two days
before the meeting. If you are hearing or speech impaired, use the TTY Telephone
(352) 341-6580.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CITRUS COUNTY. FLORIDA

CITRUS SPRINGS WATER LINE EXTENSIONS
2011 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
EXHIBIT "A"
The Citrus Springs Water Line Extensions 2011 Special Assessment District consisting of
all vacant lots and parcels which abut the streets and roads in which a water system
and water system improvements are constructed or reconstructed and all vacant
lots and parcels which are to be served by a water system and water system im-
provements, located In Citrus County, Florida, further described as follows:
CITRUS SPRINGS (Description of Territory Served)
Township 16 South, Range 18 East
Section 34: The Southeast 1/4 of sold Section 34: and the Southwest 1/4 of the North-
east 1/4 of said Section 34,
Township 17 South, Range 18 East
All of Sections 10, 11,12. 13. 14, 15. 16.21. 22,.23. 24, 25.26.27 and 28.
Section 1: All of said Section 1 lying and being Southwesterly of the Withlacoochee
River less and except the following parcels: The East 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4 and
the North 770' of the West 330' of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 1.
Section 2: The Southwest 1/4 of said Section 2: and the South 1/2 of the Southeast
1/4 of said Section 2: and all that portion of the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said
Section 2 lying Westerly of the Seaboard Railroad R.O.W.: and the South 1/2 of the
Northeast 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4: and all that portion of the Southeast 1/4 of the
Northeast 1/4 of said Section 2 lying North of State Road 39.
Section 3: All of said Section 3 LESS and EXCEPT the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4.
Section 20: The East 1/2 of said Section 20.
Section 29: The East 1/4 of said Section 29; and the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast
1/4; and the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 29.
Section 32: All that portion of the East 1/2 of said Section 32 lying and being 570 feet
more or less North of a line North of and parallel to the South boundary AND the
Northeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 32.
Section 33: All those portions of Citrus Springs Units 22 and 25 as recorded In Plat Book
7. Pages 93 Ihrough 109, and Plat Book 8, Pages 19 through 24, respectively and in-
clusively of the Public Records of Citrus County. Florida,
Section 34: All those portions of Citrus Springs Units 22. 23. and 25 as recorded in Plat
Book 7, Pages 93 through 109, and Plat Book 7, Pages 115 through 133 and Plat Book
8, Pages 19 through 24. respectively and Inclusively.
Section 35: All those portions of Citrus Springs Units 23 and 25 as recorded in Plat Book
7, Pages 115 through 133 and Plat Book 8, Pages 19 through 24. respectively and in-
clusively,
Section 36: The North 3/4 of said Section 36,

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DS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Township 18 South, Range 18 East
Section 1: All those portions of Citrus Springs Units 23 and 25 as recorded In Plat Book
7. Pages 115 through 133 and Plat Book 8, Pages 19 through 24 respectively and
conclusively.
Section 2: All those portions of Citrus Springs Units 23 and 25 as recorded In Plat Book
7, Pages 115 through 133 and Plat Book 8, Pages 19 through 24 respectively and
conclusively.
Township 17 South, Range 19 East
All of Sections 18 and 19,
Section 6: All that area southwest of the Withlacoochee River lying In the Southwest
1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 6,
Section 7: The Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 7: and the West 1/2
of the Southeast 1/4 of said Section 7; and the Southwest 1/4 of said Section 7: and
the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 7.
Section 17: The Southwest 1/4 of said Section 17; and the East 1/2 of the Northwest
1/4 of said Section 17.
Section 20: The West 1/2 of said Section 20; and the South 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4;
and the Southeast 1/4 less and except the Southwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of said
Section 20.
Section 30: All Section 30 less and except the Southeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4.
Published in Citrus County Chronicle, Nov. 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2010.

352-1114 SUCRN
Elig. To Vote- Cyr
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice Is hereby given:
Jennifer Cyr
6958 S. Kirk Pt.
Lecanto, FL 34461
You are hereby notified that your eligibility to vote is In question. You are required to
contact the Supervisor of Elections, In Inverness, Florida, no later than thirty (30) days
after the date of this publishing. Failure to respond will result In a determination of In-
eligibility by the Supervisor and your name will be removed from the statewide voter
registration system. If further assistance Is needed, contact the Supervisor of Elections
at the below listed address or call 352-341-6747.
Susan Gill, Citrus County Supervisor of Elections
120 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida, 34450
Published In Citrus County Chronicle, Nov. 14,2010,

348-1128 SUCRN
Paradise Isle- CC BOCC
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CITRUS
COUNTY, FLORIDA OF ITS INTENT TO USE THE UNIFORM METHOD FOR THE LEVY, COLLEC-
TION AND ENFORCEMENT OF NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS FOR THE
RE-CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROADWAY SHOULDERS, SIDE SLOPES AND OTHER PERTINENT
FACILITIES OF THE PRIVATE CAUSEWAY CONNECTING PARADISE ISLE UNRECORDED
SUBDIVISION TO THE MAINLAND WITHIN THE 2011 NORTH KING'S COVE POINT MUNICI-
PAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNIT.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all owners of lands within Paradise Isle Unrecorded Subdi-
vision located In Section 20, Township 18 South. Range 17 East of Citrus County, Flor-
Ida, that the Citrus County Board of County Commissioners; will hold a public hearing
on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 2:45 p.m. In the Board of County Commissioners'
Meeting Room, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness,
Florida,
The purpose of the hearing Is to adopt a resolution authorizing the Citrus County
Board of County Commissioners to use the uniform method for the levy, collection
and enforcement of non-ad valorem assessments as provided for in Section
197.3632, Florida Statutes for the re-construction of the roadway shoulders, side
slopes and other pertinent facilities of the private causeway connecting Paradise Isle
Unrecorded Subdivision to the mainland.
The proposed non ad valorem assessment would commence during the fiscal year
2011/2012 In the unincorporated area of Citrus County known as the 2011 North
King's Cove Point Municipal Service Benefit Unit, more particularly described In Ex-
hibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof,
interested persons may appear at the public hearing to be heard regarding the use
of the uniform ad-valorem method of collecting said non-ad valorem assessments. Ift
this method of collection Is used, failure to pay the assessment will cause a tax certifi-
cate to be Issued against the property which may result In a loss of title.
If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board of County Commis-
sioners with respect to any matter considered at this public hearing, they will need to
ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings Is made which record shall In-
clude the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal Is to be based.
Any person requiring reasonable accommodation at this meeting because of a dis-
ability or physical Impairment should contact the County Administrator's Office, 110
North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, (352) 341-6560, at least two days be-
fore the meeting, If you are hearing or speech impaired, use the TTY Telephone
(352) 341-6580,
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA
2011 NORTH KING'S COVE POINT
MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNIT
EXHIBIT "A"
NORTH KING'S COVE POINT CAUSEWAY from North Watersedge Drive plattedd as
Magnolia Avenue) within Crystal Shore Estates First Addition, approximately 144' mol
to the edge of a causeway being the point of beginning then to the opposite side
of said causeway lying In Paradise Isle Unrecorded Subdivision. Section 20, Township
18 South, Range 17 East, Citrus County, Florida.
Published in Citrus County Chronicle, Nov. 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2010.

349-1128 SUCRN
Harbor Isle- CC BOCC
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CITRUS
COUNTY, FLORIDA SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE 2010 CITRUS
COUNTY/CITY OF CRYSTAL RIVER WASTEWATER MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNIT FOR
WASTEWATER UTILITY SERVICES HARBOR ISLE OF ITS INTENT TO USE THE UNIFORM AD
VALOREM METHOD OF COLLECTION OF NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS FOR THE
PROVISION OF WASTEWATER SERVICES FOR THE 2010 CITRUS COUNTY/CITY OF CRYSTAL
RIVER WASTEWATER SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT HARBOR ISLE SPECIAL ASSESS-
MENT DISTRICT.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all owners of lands located within the 2010 Citrus
County/City Of Crystal River Wastewater Special Assessment District Harbor Isle.
more particularly described In Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof,
that the Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County intends to use the uniform
ad valorem method of collecting non-ad valorem assessments levied by the Board
of County Commissioners as set forth In Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes, and the
Board will hold a public hearing on December 7. 2010, at 3:15 P.M. at the Board of
County Commissioners' Meeting Room, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka
Avenue, Inverness, Florida.
The purpose of the public hearing will be to consider the adoption of a Resolution
authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County to use the uniform
ad valorem method of collecting non-ad valorem assessments as provided for in
Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes.
The Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County proposes to adopt a non-ad
valorem assessment for the provision of wastewater services within the area of Citrus
County known as the 2010 Citrus County/City of Crystal River Wastewater Special As-
sessment District Harbor Isle, more particularly described In Exhibit "A".
The Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County is considering the adoption of
a non-ad valorem assessment for the provision of wastewater services commencing
In fiscal year 2011/2012.
Interested persons may appear at the public hearing to be heard regarding the
use of the uniform ad-valorem method of collecting said non-ad valorem assess-
ments. If this method of collection Is used, failure to pay the assessment will cause a
tax certificate to be Issued against the property which may result In a loss of title.
If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board of County Commis-
sioners with respect to any matter considered at this public hearing, he/she will need
to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings Is made which record shall In-
clude the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal Is to be based.
Any person requiring reasonable accommodation at this meeting because of a
disability or physical Impairment should contact the County Administrator's Office,
110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, (352) 341-6560, at least two days
before the meeting. If you are hearing or speech Impaired, use the TDD Telephone
(352) 341-6580,
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA
2010 CITRUS COUNTY/CITY OF CRYSTAL RIVER
WASTEWATER SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT-HARBOR ISLE
EXHIBIT A
The 2010 Citrus County/City of Crystal River Wastewater Special Assessment District -
Harbor Isle consisting of all lots and parcels which abut the streets and roads In which
a sewage disposal system and sewer Improvements are constructed or recon-
structed and all lots nd ad parcels which are served or to be served by a sewage dis-
posal system and sewer Improvements, located In Citrus County, Florida, further de-
scribed as follows;
HARBOR ISLE:
DESCRIPTION:
A PORTION OF THE SE 1/4 OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH, RANGE 17 EAST, CIT-
RUS COUNTY, FLORIDA AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 28,
TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH, RANGE 17 EAST, CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA; THENCE S89Deg.
51'30"W, ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4, A DISTANCE OF
342.77 FEET; THENCE S03Deg. 40'05"E ALONG THE EASTERLY BOUNDARY AND THE
NORTHERLY EXTENSION THEREOF, OF PARADISE COUNTRY CLUB UNIT NO. 3 AS RE-
CORDED IN PLAT BOOK 4, PAGE 43, PUBLIC RECORDS OF CITRUS COUNTY FLORIDA, A
DISTANCE OF 866.86 FEET TO A POINT ON A CURVE ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY
LINE OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 44 (FORT ISLAND TRAIL) AND ALSO THE BOUNDARY OF
SAID PARADISE COUNTRY CLUB UNIT NO. 3 AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING, SAID
CURVE BEING CONCAVE SOUTHEASTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 1318.57 FEET, A
CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF S48DEG 57'45"W, 274.83 FEET; THENCE ALONG
THE ARC OF SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 275.33 FEET TO THE END OF SAID CURVE;
THENCE S42DEG 58'50"W ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE AND SAID BOUNDARY OF
PARADISE COUNTRY CLUB UNIT NO. 3, A DISTANCE OF 219.00 FEET THE POINT OF CUR-
VATURE OF A CURVE CONCAVE WESTERLY HAVING A RADIUS OF 25.00 FEET, A
CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF N02DEG 01'10"W, 35,36 FEET; THENCE ALONG THE
ARC OF SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 39.27 FEET TO THE END OF SAID CURVE; THENCE

N47DEG 01'10"W A DISTANCE OF 354.36 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1,
BLOCK C OF SAID PARADISE COUNTRY CLUB UNIT NO. 3, THENCE S51DEG 20'00"W.
ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF SAID BLOCK C, A DISTANCE OF 290.14 FEET: THENCE CON-
TINUING ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF SAID BLOCK C, S75DEG 59'30"W A DISTANCE OF
154.81 FEET; THENCE N73DEG 57'00"W A DISTANCE OF 260.94 FEET; THENCE N08DEG
36'50"W A DISTANCE OF 44.39 FEET TO A POINT ON A TRAVERSE LINE ALONG THE
SOUTHERLY, EASTERLY AND NORTHERLY SHORES OF CRYSTAL RUN AND PRETTY LAKE,
THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID TRAVERSE LINE N56DEG 43'00"E A DISTANCE OF
562,21 FEET, MORE OR LESS; THENCE N17DEG 56'30"E A DISTANCE OF 278.00 FEET,
MORE OR LESS; THENCE N60DEG 51 '00"E A DISTANCE OF 73.20 FEET, MORE OR LESS;
THENCE S76DEG 14'20"E A DISTANCE OF 95,45 FEET, MORE OR LESS; THENCE LEAVING
SAID TRAVERSE LINE AND CONTINUING ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF SAID BLOCK C,
S76DEG 14'20"E A DISTANCE OF 46.13 FEET; THENCE S53DEG 50'10"E A DISTANCE OF
80.38 FEET; THENCE S13DEG 27'40-E A DISTANCE OF 45.71 FEET; THENCE S26DEG
55'00"W A DISTANCE OF 378,35 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTHEASTERLY RIGHT OF
WAY LINE OF NORTH ISLAMIRADA WAY; THENCE ALONG, SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE
S47DEG 01'10"E A DISTANCE OF 83,25 FEET TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF LOT
11, BLOCK B OF SAID PARADISE COUNTRY CLUB UNIT NO. .3: THENCE N26DEG 55'00"E,
ALONG THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF LOTS 10 AND 11, OF SAID BLOCK B, A DISTANCE
OF 190.00 FEET TO THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 10; THENCE ALONG THE
NORTHERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID LOT 10, S63DEG 05'00'E A DISTANCE OF 163.05 FEET
TO A POINT ON A CURVE ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF S.E. PINWHEEL
DRIVE, SAID CURVE BEING CONCAVE NORTHWESTERLY HAVING A RADIUS OF 683.67
FEET, A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF N27DEG 50'56"E 22.25 FEET; THENCE
ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 22.25 FEET TO THE END OF SAID
CURVE; THENCE CONTINUE ALONG SAID WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE N26DEG
55'00"E A DISTANCE OF 120.00 FEET; THENCE S63DEG 05'00"E A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET
TO THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF LOT 10, BLOCK A OF SAID PARADISE COUNTRY
CLUB UNIT NO. 3; THENCE ALONG THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID LOT 10 S57DEG
03'26"E A DISTANCE OF 223.89 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.

Less and except any Islands, State and Federally owned conservation lands, govern-
mentally owned lands, less and except any property already served by a Florida De-
partment of Environmental Protection permitted sewage treatment system and less
and except any properly within the Corporate Boundary of the City of Crystal River,
Florida.
Published In Citrus County Chronicle, Nov, 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2010.

350-1128 SUCRN
Crystal River Wastewater Spec, Assess.- CC BOCC
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CITRUS
COUNTY, FLORIDA SITTING AS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE 2010 CITRUS
COUNTY/CITY OF CRYSTAL RIVER WASTEWATER MUNICIPAL SERVICE BENEFIT UNIT FOR
WASTEWATER UTILITY SERVICES AREAS 112 & 113 OF ITS INTENT TO USE THE UNIFORM
AD VALOREM METHOD OF COLLECTION OF NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS FOR THE
PROVISION OF WASTEWATER SERVICES FOR THE 2010 CITRUS COUNTY/CITY OF CRYSTAL
RIVER WASTEWATER SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AREAS 112 & 113 SPECIAL AS-
SESSMENT DISTRICT,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all owners of lands located within the 2010 Citrus
County/City Of Crystal River Wastewater Special Assessment District Areas 112 &
113, more particularly described In Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part
hereof, that the Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County Intends to use the
uniform ad valorem method of collecting non-ad valorem assessments levied by the
Board of County Commissioners as set forth In Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes, and
the Board will hold a public hearingon December 7, 2010, at 3:15 P.M. at the Board
of County Commissioners' Meeting Room, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North
Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida,
The purpose of the public hearing will be to consider the adoption of a Resolution
authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County to use the uniform
ad valorem method of collecting non-ad valorem assessments as provided for In
Section 197.3632, Florida Statutes.
The Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County proposes to adopt a non-ad
valorem assessment for the provision of wastewater services within the area of Citrus
County known as the 2010 Citrus County/City of Crystal River Wastewater Special As-
sessment District Areas 112 & 113, more particularly described in Exhibit "A".
The Board of County Commissioners of Citrus County Is considering the adoption of
a non-ad valorem assessment for the provision of wastewater services commencing
In fiscal year 2011/2012.
Interested persons may appear at the public hearing to be heard regarding the
use of the uniform ad-valorem method of collecting said non-ad valorem assess-
ments. If this method of collection Is used, failure to pay the assessment will cause a
tax certificate to be Issued against the property which may result In a loss of title.
If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board of County Commis-
sioners with respect to any matter considered at this public hearing, he/she will need
to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings Is made which record shall In-
clude the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal Is to be based.
Any person requiring reasonable accommodation at this meeting because of a
disability or physical Impairment should contact the County Administrator's Office,
110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, (352) 341-6560, at least two days
before the meeting. If you are hearing or speech Impaired, use the TDD Telephone
(352) 341-6580,
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA
2010 CITRUS COUNTY/CITY OF CRYSTAL RIVER
WASTEWATER SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AREAS 112 & 113
EXHIBIT A
The 2010 Citrus County/City of Crystal River Wastewater Special Assessment District -
Areas 112 & 113 consisting of all lots and parcels which abut the streets and roads In
which a sewage disposal system and sewer Improvements are constructed or recon-
structed and all lots and parcels which are served or to be served by a sewage dis-
posal system and sewer Improvements, located In Citrus County. Florida, further de-
scribed as follows:
AREA 112:
DESCRIPTION
A PARCEL OF LAND LYING IN AND BEING A PART OF SECTIONS 28 AND 33 OF TOWN-
SHIP 18 SOUTH, RANGE 17 EAST, CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA, SAID PARCEL ALSO LYING
IN AND BEING A PART OF PARADISE COUNTRY CLUB AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 2,
PAGE 182, PUBLIC RECORDS OF CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA AND PARADISE COUNTRY
CLUB UNIT NO. 2 AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 3, PAGE 34, PUBLIC RECORDS OF CIT-
RUS COUNTY, FLORIDA AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
COMMENCE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH,
RANGE 17 EAST, CITRUS COUNTY. FLORIDA: THENCE ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY
OF SAID SECTION 33 S89DEG 58'33"W A DISTANCE OF 174.09 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO
A POINT ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF A.C.L RAILROAD (ABANDONED).
SAID POINT ALSO BEING ON THE EASTERLY BOUNDARY OF PARADISE COUNTRY CLUB
AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 2. PAGE 182, PUBLIC RECORDS OF CITRUS COUNTY,
FLORIDA AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE ALONG SAID EASTERLY BOUNDARY
OF PARADISE COUNTRY CLUB S03DEG 40'05"E A DISTANCE OF 3915.76 FEET, MORE OR
LESS. TO THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF
SAID SECTION 33; THENCE S89DEG 37'02"W ALONG SAID NORTH BOUNDARY A DIS-
TANCE OF 1331.08 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SOUTH-
EAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 AND THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 3, BLOCK F OF
SAID PARADISE COUNTRY CLUB: THENCE SOIDEG 02'45"E ALONG THE WEST BOUND-
ARY OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 AND THE BOUNDARY OF SAID
BLOCK F AND THE EXTENSION THEREOF, A DISTANCE OF 1304.22 FEET, MORE OR LESS,
TO THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID
SECTION 33: THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTH BOUNDARY S89DEG 33'21VW A DISTANCE OF
2713.48 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF
THE SOUTHWEST 1/4; THENCE ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF
THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 NOODEG 16'46-W A DISTANCE OF 1307.08 FEET, MORE OR LESS. TO
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4; THENCE
ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4
N89DEG 37'02"E A DISTANCE OF 1346.99 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 33, SAID
CORNER ALSO BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 13, BLOCK J OF SAID PARADISE
COUNTRY CLUB: THENCE ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY OF SAID NORTHWEST 1/4 OF
THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 AND THE WEST BOUNDARY OF SAID BLOCK J, AND THE EXTENSION
THEREOF. NOODEG 42'25"W A DISTANCE OF 1355.60 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT
ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF EAST PLANTATION LANE (FORMERLY
KNOWN AS PLANTATION DRIVE AND PLANTATION ROAD, AS DESCRIBED IN THE RIGHT
OF WAY DEED RECORDED IN OFFICIAL RECORD BOOK 251, PAGE 162 AND RIGHT OF
WAY DEED RECORDED IN OFFICIAL RECORDS BOOK 239, PAGE 168 AND OFFICIAL
RECORD BOOK 244, PAGE 720 OF SAID PUBLIC RECORDS). SAID POINT BEING 50.00
FEET FROM AND PARALLEL TO THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID PARADISE COUN-
TRY CLUB UNIT 2: THENCE ALONG SAID NORTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE N89DEG
4040'E A DISTANCE OF 215.61 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF
SAID EAST PLANTATION LANE; THENCE SOODEG 19'20" E, ALONG THE EAST RIGHT OF
WAY LINE OF SAID EAST PLANTA11ON LANE, A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET, MORE OR LESS,
TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID EAST PLANTATION LANE, SAID SOUTHEAST COR-
NER BEING ON THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID PARADISE COUNTRY CLUB UNIT
NO. 2 AND THE NORTHERLY BOUNDARY OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 33:
THENCE ALONG SAID NORTHERLY BOUNDARIES N89DEG 40'40"E A DISTANCE OF
150.72 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 37, BLOCK K OF SAID PARADISE
COUNTRY CLUB UNIT NO. 2: THENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF SAID PARADISE
COUNTRY CLUB UNIT NO. 2 SOODEG 42'25"E A DISTANCE OF 1878.49 FEET: THENCE
N89DEG 33'24"E A DISTANCE OF 620.41 FEET: THENCE N01DEG 02'45"W A DISTANCE OF
973,60 FEET: THENCE S89DEG 37'02'W A DISTANCE OF 104.94 FEET, THENCE NOODEG
22'58"W A DISTANCE OF 263.82 FT: THENCE S87DEG 22'00'E A DISTANCE OF 692,94
FEET; THENCE S64DEG 16'00'E A DISTANCE OF 426,86 FEET; THENCE N48DEG 02'00"E A
DISTANCE OF 436.78 FEET: THENCE N35DEG 49'03'W A DISTANCE OF 128.80 FEET TO
THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF LOT 40, BLOCK A OF SAID PARADISE COUNTRY CLUB,
SAID CORNER BEING THE POINT OF CURVATURE OF A CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHWEST-
ERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF 422.14 FEET AND A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF
N39DEG 18'14'W 51.34 FEET: THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF
51,37 FEET TO THE END OF SAID CURVE; THENCE N42DEG 47'25"W A DISTANCE OF
280.05 FEET TO THE POINT OF CURVATURE OF A CURVE CONCAVE NORTHEASTERLY,
HAVING A RADIUS OF 422.14 FEET AND CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF N23DEG
13'45" W 282.68 FEET: THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 288.24
FEET TO THE END OF SAID CURVE: THENCE N03DEG 40'05'W A DISTANCE OF 850.00
FEET TO THE POINT OF CURVATURE OF A CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHEASTERLY. HAVING
A RADIUS OF 422.14 FEET AND A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF N15DEG 53'35"E
282.68 FEET: THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 288.24 FEET TO
THE END OF SAID CURVE: THENCE N35DEG 27'15'E A DISTANCE OF 280.05 FEET TO THE
POINT OF CURVATURE OF A CURVE CONCAVE NORTHWESTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS
OF 422.14 FEET AND A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF N15DEG 53'35"E 282.68
FEET, THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 288.24 FEET TO THE
END OF SAID CURVE; THENCE N03DEG 40'05"W A DISTANCE OF 802.27 FEET TO THE
POINT OF CURVATURE OF A CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHEASTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS OF
850.69 FEET AND A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF N06DEG 19'55"E 295,44 FEET:
THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 296,94 FEET TO THE POINT
OF REVERSE CURVATURE OF A CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHWESTERLY, HAVING A RADIUS
OF 318.84 FEET AND A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF N03DEG 40'04"W 218.10
FEET: THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 222.59 FEET TO THE
POINT OF REVERSE CURVATURE OF A CURVE CONCAVE NORTHEASTERLY, HAVING A
RADIUS OF 850.69 FEET AND A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF N13DEG 40'04'W
295.43 FEET: THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 296.94 FEET TO
THE END OF SAID CURVE; THENCE N03DEG 40'05"W A DISTANCE OF 502.53 FEET. MORE
OR LESS, TO THE POINT OF CURVATURE OF A CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHWESTERLY HAV-
ING A RADIUS OF 213.50 FEET AND A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF N16DEG
50'58"W 97.37 FEET; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 98.23
FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE END OF SAID CURVE ; THENCE N30DEG 01'47"W A DIS-
TANCE OF 48,61 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY
LINE OF WEST FORT ISLAND TRAIL, COUNTY ROAD 44, SAID POINT BEING ON A CURVE
CONCAVE NORTHWESTERLY HAVING A RADIUS OF 1465.69 FEET AND A CHORD BEAR-
ING AND DISTANCE OF N44DEG 45'38"E 91.06 FEET; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID
CURVE A DISTANCE OF 91.08 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE END OF SAID CURVE:
THENCE CONTINUE ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE N42DEG 58'50"E A
DISTANCE OF 233.57 FEET, MORE OR LESS; THENCE LEAVING SAID SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF
WAY LINE S31DEG 46'56"E A DISTANCE OF 155.51 FEET, MORE OR LESS; THENCE
S21DEG 34'11 "E A DISTANCE OF 115.65 FEET, MORE OR LESS; THENCE N86DEG 1955"E
A DISTANCE OF 62.99 FEET, MORE OR LESS. TO THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF
SAID A.C.L RAILROAD (ABANDONED), THENCE ALONG SAID WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY
LINE S03DEG 40'05"E A DISTANCE OF 1280,04 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE POINT OF BE-
GINNING

AREA 113:
DESCRIPTION
A PARCEL OF LAND LYING IN AND BEING A PART OF SECTIONS 32 AND 33, TOWNSHIP
18 SOUTH, RANGE 17 EAST, CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA AND BEING MORE PARTICU-
LARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
FOR A POINT OF BEGINNING COMMENCE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTH-
EAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 18 SOUTH, RANGE 17 EAST,
CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA, SAID POINT ALSO BEING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
BLOCK J OF PARADISE COUNTRY CLUB UNIT 2 AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 3, PAGE
34, PUBLIC RECORDS OF CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA: THENCE ALONG THE WESTERLY
BOUNDARY OF SAID BLOCK J, SOODEG 42'25"E A DISTANCE OF 1305.60 FEET TO THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID NORTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4, SAID CORNER
ALSO BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE REPLAT OF HOURGLASS LAKE, AS RE-
CORDED IN PLAT BOOK 7, PAGE 114, PUBLIC RECORDS OF CITRUS COUNTY. FLORIDA:
THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID REPLAT OF HOURGLASS LAKE,
S89DEG 37'02W A DISTANCE OF 1347,44 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID RE-
PLAT OF HOURGLASS LAKE; THENCE ALONG THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID REPLAT
OF HOURGLASS LAKE. NOODEG 17'28"W A DISTANCE OF 657.01 FEET, MORE OR LESS,
TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF A 50.00 FOOT WIDE COUNTY ROAD RIGHT
OF WAY (W. GREEN LANE) AS DESCRIBED IN OFFICIAL RECORD BOOK 284, PAGE 690,
PUBLIC RECORDS OF CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY
RIGHT OF WAY LINE AND THE EXTENSION THEREOF, S89DEG 40'40W A DISTANCE OF
1330.71 FEET, MORE OR LESS TO A POINT ON THE WEST BOUNDARY OF THE SOUTHWEST

1/4 OF SAID SECTION 33: THENCE S 89DEG 53'09"W A DISTANCE OF 685.69 FEET TO A
POINT ON THE WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF A 50.00 FOOT WIDE COUNTY ROAD RIGHT
OF WAY (N, WINTERSET AVENUE) THENCE ALONG SAID WEST RIGHT OF WAY LINE
SOODEG 14'32"W A DISTANCE OF 25.00 FEET TO THE SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF A
50.00 FOOT WIDE COUNTY ROAD RIGHT OF WAY (W. WELLSPRING LANE): THENCE
ALONG SAID SOUTH RIGHT OF WAY LINE S89DEG 4440W A DISTANCE OF 641.22 FEET,
MORE OR LESS; THENCE NOODEG 21'20"W A DISTANCE OF 679.93 FEET TO THE NORTH-
WEST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 32;
THENCE ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID SOUTHEAST 1/4 N89DEG 59'51"E A
DISTANCE OF 1324.24 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE
SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 33; THENCE ALONG THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID
SOUTHWEST 1/4 N89DEG 40'40"E A DISTANCE OF 322,92 FEET, MORE OR LESS: HENCE
NOODEG 03'16"E A DISTANCE OF 781.66 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT ON THE
SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF W. FORT ISLAND TRAIL, COUNTY ROAD NO, 44.
SAID POINT BEING ON A CURVE CONCAVE NORTHERLY HAVING A RADIUS OF 988,37
FEET AND A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF N89DEG 35'58"E 545.30 FEET, MORE
OR LESS; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 552.46 FEET, MORE
OR LESS, TO THE END OF SAID. CURVE: THENCE CONTINUE ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY
RIGHT OF WAY LINE N73DEG 34'50"E A DISTANCE OF 1159,75 FEET, MORE OR LESS: TO
THE POINT OF CURVATURE OF A CURVE CONCAVE NORTHWESTERLY HAVING A RA-
DIUS OF 606.69 FEET, A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF N51DEG 14'50"E, 461.08
FEET, MORE OR LESS: THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF 472.97
FEET TO THE END OF SAID CURVE; THENCE N28DEG 54'50"E A DISTANCE OF 795.89 FEET
TO THE POINT OF CURVATURE OF A CURVE CONCAVE SOUTHEASTERLY HAVING A
RADIUS OF 3786.83 FEET, A CHORD BEARING AND DISTANCE OF N33DEG 46'50"E,
642.50 FEET, MORE OR LESS: THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF SAID CURVE A DISTANCE OF

643.27 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT ON THE NORTH BOUNDARY OF SAID SECTION
33; THENCE ALONG SAID NORTH BOUNDARY N89DEG 58'32"E A DISTANCE OF 462,78
FEET, MORE OR LESS; THENCE S02DEG 42'25"W A DISTANCE OF 425.38 FEET, MORE OR
LESS; THENCE S5900'00"W A DISTANCE OF 888,66 FEET, MORE OR LESS: THENCE
S55DEG 06'05"W A DISTANCE OF 52.35 FEET, MORE OR LESS; THENCE S43DEG 47'22"W
A DISTANCE OF 99.35 FEET, MORE OR LESS; THENCE S28DEG 15'26"W A DISTANCE OF
688.46 FEET, MORE OR LESS; THENCE S71DEG 01'20"W A DISTANCE OF 766.88 FEET,
MORE OR LESS; THENCE S73DEG 34'50"W A DISTANCE OF 652,27 FEET, MORE OR LESS;
THENCE SOODEG 03'16"W A DISTANCE OF 266.45 FEET, MORE OR LESS; THENCE
S78'04'31"E A DISTANCE OF 651,70 FEET, MORE OR LESS; THENCE N89DEG 40'40"E A
DISTANCE OF 1534.93 FEET, MORE OR LESS; THENCE S1431'40"W A DISTANCE OF 34.37
FEET, MORE OR LESS; THENCE S33DEG 10'40"W A DISTANCE OF 200.00 FEET, MORE OR
LESS; THENCE S89DEG 40'40"W A DISTANCE OF 366.00 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE
POINT OF BEGINNING.
Less and except any Islands, State and Federally owned conservation lands, govern-
mentally owned lands, less and except any property already served by a Florida De-
partment of Environmental Protection permitted sewage treatment system and less
and except any property within the Corporate Boundary of the City of Crystal River,
Florida.
Published In Citrus County Chronicle, Nov, 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2010.

353-1114 SUCRN
11/17 Special Master Hearing
PUBLIC NOTICE
The public Is hereby notified that the Citrus County Code Compliance will conduct
its monthly Special Master Hearing on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 @ 9:00 A.M. In
the Lecanto Government Building, Multi-purpose Room 166, 3600 West Sovereign
Path, Lecanto, Florida 34461, at which time and place any and all persons Interested
are Invited to attend. The following cases) will be heard by the Code Compliance
Special Master; however cases may abate prior to hearing date, If you have ques-
tions, contact Code Compliance at (352) 527-5350.
Bass, Tammy L.
7410 S, Wanderlust Pt, Homosassa, FL
It shall be unlawful for anyone owning, leasing, occupying or having control of any
property subject to the provisions of this article to maintain weeds, grass and under-
growth In excess of 18" In height, or an accumulation of vegetative matter pursuant
to Article VI Section 20-61 of the Citrus County Code of Ordinances.
Bass, Tammy
7410 S. Wanderlust Pt. Homosassa, FL
It shall be a violation to permit, cause or have an accumulation of abandoned
property, Junk & debris (as defined) on the above property, Citrus County Code of
Ordinances, Section 20-31(a). To Wit: bags & cans of household trash & other debris
on the property.
Belllpannl, Dominic J. & Elsie F.
6921 N. Castlebury Rd. Hernando, FL
It shall be a violation to permit, cause or have an accumulation of abandoned
property, Junk & debris (as defined) on the above property, Citrus County Code of
Ordinances. Section 20-31(a). To Wit: tires, metal, household Items & misc. Junk.
Belllpanni, Dominic J. & Elsie F.
6805 N. Bighorn Pt. Hernando, FL
It shall be a violation to permit, cause or have an accumulation of abandoned
property, junk & debris (as defined) on the above property, Citrus County Code of
Ordinances, Section 20-31(a). To Wit: metal roofing & trusses, paint cans, plastic
containers, car parts, cardboard boxes & misc. Junk.
Belllpannl. Dominic J. & Elsie F.
6921 N. Castlebury Rd, Hernando, FL
It shall be a violation to keep, dump, store, place or deposit abandoned, unlicensed.
Inoperable, junked, disabled, wrecked, discarded or otherwise unused vehicles on
any property, street or highway. Citrus County Code of Ordinances, Section 20-41.
To Wit: SouthwInd RV
Buck, Charles A.
2230 S. Rock Crusher Rd. Homosassa, FL
It shall be a violation to keep, dump, store, place or deposit abandoned, unlicensed.
Inoperable, junked, disabled, wrecked, discarded or otherwise unused vehicles on
any property, street or highway, Citrus County Code of Ordinances, Section 20-41,
To Wit: one green van & three boats.
Buck, Charles A.
2230 S. Rock Crusher Rd. Homosassa, FL
It shall be a violation to permit, cause or have an accumulation of abandoned
property, junk & debris (as defined) on the above property, Citrus County Code of
Ordinances, Section 20-31 (a). To Wit: plastic, wooden, papers trash & junk.
Bunge EST, Patricia ATTN: Charles H. Bunge Jr.
46 S,. Harrison St. Beverly Hills, FL
It shall be unlawful for anyone owning, leasing, occupying or having control of any
property subject to the provisions of this article to maintain weeds, grass and under-
growth in excess of 18" In height, or an accumulation of vegetative matter pursuant
to Article VI Section 20-61 of the Citrus County Code of Ordinances.
Decker, George H.
371 N, Pirate Pt. Crystal River, FL
Violation of LDC 4612A CLR zoning excludes all recreational vehicles
Ettlnger, Rabbi Zvl & Jean
38 S. Tyler St. Beverly Hills, FL
It shall be unlawful for anyone owning, leasing, occupying or having control of any
property subject to the provisions of this article to maintain weeds, grass and under-
growth In excess of 18" In height, or an accumulation of vegetative matter pursuant
to Article VI Section 20-61 of the Citrus County Code of Ordinances,
Foster. John A.
3454 S. Kings Ave, Homosossa. FL
It shall be a violation to permit. cause or have an accumulation of abandoned
property, Junk & debris (as defined) on the above property, Citrus County Code of
Ordinances, Section 20-31(a). To Wit: tires, old fencing, furniture, tool box, misc. junk
& a shed full of household garbage.
Gregory, David J.
6241 W. Moven Ct. Homosassa, FL
It shall be a violation to permit, cause or have an accumulation of abandoned
property. junk & debris (as defined) on the above property, Citrus County Code of
Ordinances, Section 20-31(a). To Wit: home furniture, plastic, wooden, paper trash &
Junk.
Hebert, Steven Joseph & Tracy Ann
6861 W. Hans Ct. Homosassa, FL
It shall be unlawful for anyone owning, leasing, occupying or having control of any
property subject to the provisions of this article to maintain weeds, grass and under-
growth in excess of 18" In height, or an accumulation of vegetative matter pursuant
to Article VI Section 20-61 of the Citrus County Code of Ordinances.
Island Lake LLC
5725 & 5765 N. Carl G. Rose Hwy. Hernondo, FL
Appeal of a demolition order
Koon, Jacquellne L. Howerton
1940 S. Mooring Dr. Inverness, FL
It shall be a violation to keep, dump, store, place or deposit abandoned, unlicensed.
Inoperable, junked, disabled, wrecked, discarded or otherwise unused vehicles on
any property, street or highway, Citrus County Code of Ordinances, Section 20-41.
To Wit: grey GMC SUV (no tag), white van (no tag), black trailer (no tag).
L & S Builders Inc.
4915 S. Florida Ave. Inverness, FL
Violation of LDC 2021: Change of use without approval from commercial to residen-
tial
L & S Builders Inc.
4915 S. Florida Ave. Inverness, FL
Violation of LDC 2020 Failure to obtain Development Order for: utility building
Lambert, Don ATTN: Stice, Caroline
2020 S. Comforter Pt. Homosassa, FL
It shall be unlawful for anyone owning, leasing, occupying or having control of any
property subject to the provisions of this article to maintain weeds, grass and under-
growth in excess of 18" In height, or an accumulation of vegetative matter pursuant
to Article VI Section 20-61 of the Citrus County Code of Ordinances.
Lambert, Don ATTN: Stice. Caroline
2020 S. Comforter Pt. Homosassa, FL
It shall be a violation to permit, cause or have an accumulation of abandoned
property, junk & debris (as defined) on the above property, Citrus County Code of
Ordinances, Section 20-31(a). To Wit: tires, metal, old trailers, furniture & huge
amounts of misc. Junk.
Lee Jr., Thomas B. & Susan L.
810 N. Leisure Pt, Inverness, FL
It shall be a violation to keep, dump, store, place or deposit abandoned, unlicensed,
Inoperable, Junked, disabled, wrecked, discarded or otherwise unused vehicles on
any properly, street or highway, Citrus County Code of Ordinances, Section 20-41.
To Wit: a camper & two door red vehicle.
Lee Jr,, Thomas B. & Susan L.
810 N. Leisure Pt. Inverness, FL
It shall be a violation to permit, cause or have on accumulation of abandoned
property, Junk & debris (as defined) on the above property, Citrus County Code of
Ordinances, Section 20-31(a). To Wit: plastic, wooden, paper trash & Junk.
Lee. Marjorle O. ATTN: McCann, James
52 S. Columbus St. Beverly Hills, FL
It shall be unlawful for anyone owning, leasing, occupying or having control of any
property subject to the provisions of this article to maintain weeds, grass and under-
growth In excess of 18" In height, or an accumulation of vegetative matter pursuant
to Article VI Section 20-61 of the Citrus County Code of Ordinances.
Leonard, Ray & Georgia
5049 W, Strawberry Ln, Homosassa, FL
It shall be a violation to permit, cause or have an accumulation of abandoned
property, Junk & debris (as defined) on the above property, Citrus County Code of
Ordinances, Section 20-31(a), To Wit: bags of household trash, mattress, old chairs,
other Junk & debris,
Marmon. Suzanne
416 S. Washington St. Beverly Hills, FL
It shall be a violation to keep, dump, store, place or deposit abandoned, unlicensed,
Inoperable, Junked, disabled, wrecked, discarded or otherwise unused vehicles on
any property, street or highway, Citrus County Code of Ordinances, Section 20-41.
To Wit: one cream colored Mercedes & one gold colored Volvo with no visible tag
or current decals,
Mylln. Kent L, & Doreen M,
4750 W. Justice Ct. Homosassa, FL
It shall be a violation to permit, cause or have an accumulation of abandoned
property, Junk & debris (as defined) on the above property. Citrus County Code of
Ordinances, Section 20-31(a), To Witk concrete rubble, plastic sheeting, plastic pipe.
building materials & roof trusses.

OrslcSr., George M.
6429 W. Folger Ct. Homosassa, FL
It shall be a violation to permit, cause or have an accumulation of abandoned
property, Junk & debris (as defined) on the above property, Citrus County Code of
Ordinances, Section 20-31(a). To Wit: tires, metal, old trailers, furniture & huge

amounts of misc. Junk,

Orslc Sr., George M.
6429 W. Folger Ct. Homosassa, FL
Violation of LDC 4422E Vehicles, trailers (semi or utility), manufactured housing & mo-
bile homes shall not be used as storage buildings.
Zhang. Shao Quan
48 S. Columbus St. Beverly Hills, FL
It shall be a violation to permit, cause or have an accumulation of abandoned
property. Junk & debris (as defined) on the above property. Citrus County Code of
Ordinances. Section 20-31(a). To Wit: household garbage, broken household furni-
ture, broken table & plastic chairs, used broken dryer, dead Christmas tree, broken
standup punching bag, broken bicycle & misc. trash & debris.
NO1E: If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the Code Compliance
Special Master with respect to any matter considered at this public hearing, he/she
will need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings Is made which record
shall include the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal Is to be based,
Any person requiring reasonable accommodation at this meeting because of a dis-
ability or physical Impairment should contact the County Administrator's Office. Cit-
rus County Court FHouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, phone:
(352) 341-6560. at least two days before the meeting. If you are hearing or speech
Impaired, use the TDD telephone (352) 341-6580.
MICHELE LIEBERMAN. SPECIAL MASTER
CITRUS COUNTY CODE COMPLIANCE
Published in Citrus County Chronicle, Nov. 14, 2010,

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DEAR SARA: I need help with
old glass-top canning jars. I was
given two boxes of glass-top
canning jars. They have the orange
rubber seal and the metal that is
around and on top of the jar How do
you use these? I wanted to make a
small batch of spaghetti
sauce. My sister-in-law got
them for me from a tag
sale. -Amy, Connecticut
DEAR AMY: I wouldn't
use them for canning.
Those glass lid, rubber
seal/gasket and wire/bale ".
jars aren't endorsed by the
U.S. Department of Agri-
culture anymore (not since
late 1980s) and are consid- Sara
ered unsafe. The USDA
r e c o m m e n d s
Kerr/Ball/Mason jars with
rings and lids. You can find
replacement rubber seals at places
such as Amazon.corn and
Lehmans.com, but I'd use your jars for
decoration, crafts or short-term food
storage. The
lid/ring method
makes it easy to
see whether a jar is ,
properly sealed. Also,
your old jars might
not hold up to can-
ning. Many have
cracks on the rims
from use, and even
if it looks OK be-
fore canning, it
can break during ,,/
canning. If the rim
cracks while pro-
cessing, air can get
in, and you don't have any definitive
way to know whether the jars have a
good seal. Although some people will
argue that you can grab the jar by the

lid and know that it's sealed well, it's
not worth the risk of jar breakage
(think: exploding jars of tomato sauce)
and compromising food safety.
DEAR SARA: I am having some
problems with mold and mildew in my
shower We are a "green" household,
and I am looking for a solu-
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cals. Can you give me some
help with this? Thanks so
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DEAR SARA: 1 got
your recipe for home-
:-.- made ketchup out of my
newspaper What is the
Shelf life of homemade
.o k ichup? I made it,
and it tasted just
like store-bought
, ketchup. Thanks
tor your help. I
-' ,njoy your column.
- ie C. e-mail
-- DEAR CONNIE: The
shelf life is two weeks (refriger-
ated). If you don't use it all, freeze it.
DEAR SARA: I've been using the
oxygen-type cleaners as an additive to

my laundry, but I am wondering
if there is anything else I could
use that might work well but
with less cost. One friend says
she uses table salt, and another
said he uses baking soda. Any
suggestions? Thank you. -
Martha A., e-mail
DEAR MARTHA: In addition
to using salt or baking soda, try
vinegar, Arm & Hammer Super
Washing Soda, Fels Naptha,
Zote or 20 Mule Team Borax.
All are good laundry boosters.
You might consider using Char-
lie's Soap (www.charliesoap.
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KETCHUM, Idaho All
around you are herbs and
plants that can heal wounds,
ease your cold and treat
chronic conditions like al-
lergies and heart disease -
at least, that's what modern
herbalists like McCall resi-
dent Darcy Williamson say,
basing that assertion on
passed-down native knowl-
edge and careful experi-
mentation.
Most herbs used as medi-
cine are gathered from nat-
ural environments, often
growing on public lands

where they can be har-
vested with a permit and
then made into salves, tinc-
tures, teas or oils.
Some, like yarrow, are so
much stronger in their use-
ful constituents when grow-
ing in native environments
that it isn't productive to
try to cultivate them for
medicine.
However, Williamson
said, there are many plants
that can be grown in a
home garden without
weakening any of their me-
dicinal properties. She re-
cently taught a class at the
Sawtooth Botanical Gar-
den in Ketchum, and

toured the garden pointing
out dozens of native plants
with useful healing ele-
ments.
Among the students were
Florence Blanchard of
Hailey and Heather Johns
of Ketchum, both relatively
new to making herbal med-
icines.
"I like the idea that it's
simple and pure. I'm very
conscious about toxins and
what I put in and on my
body, so the herbals really
appeal to me," Johns said.
Because she lives in a
condo, she doesn't grow
many medicinal plants, but
she wanted to learn how to
use them.
Johns lauded
Williamson's vast knowl-

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dener, but she wanted to
It id out what was growing
on her uncultivated Hailey
..:reage.
"My interest is not to
6 become an herbalist,
but to learn some re-
ally basic kinds of things
i that I could do to help
my family, for colds and
flus and abrasions,
'coughs," she said. "It's a
Scry satisfying thing to do,
even though I do it on a
very modest level. Even if I
don't make something of a
particular plant, it's nice to
know what it could be used
for, that it has (medicinal)
properties."
JoAnn Robbins, Univer-
sity of Idaho Extension ed-
ucator in the Jerome office,
cautioned that many of the
plants could be medici-
nally useful in small
amounts, but toxic in large
amounts.
The extension office
does not offer any advice
on the medicinal proper-

ties of plants for liability
reasons, and Robbins said
it is important to talk to
your physician before tak-
ing medicinals because
they can interact with med-
ications you may be taking.
Williamson suggested for
home cultivation, Robbins
noted that they fall into
three general categories:
those that are quite weedy,
those that need a lot of
water and shade, and those
that need lots of sun and
very little watering.
She suggested determin-
ing which medicinal bene-
fits you are looking for first,
then tailoring your garden
to those plants' needs.
"What your object is, is
going to determine what
you're going to grow, but
that's true of all landscapes
and plants," she said.
"They need to be suited to
the location, or the location
needs to be suited to them."

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Buy quality seed and chances are it will last

But do germination testfirst beforeplanting

Associated Press

Cooks aren't the only ones
who create leftovers. Gar-
deners end up with them,
too frequently, unused
seeds.
But keep those seeds
around another year or
more rather than discarding
the pricey packets.
"If you grow very much,
you can save money," said
Carol Yaw, a veteran gar-
dener and merchandising
manager with Charley's
Greenhouse and Garden in
Mount Vernon, Wash. "I al-
ways start with my old seeds
before buying new. It's sim-
ply a matter of getting qual-
ity seeds to start with. Look
to reputable nurseries in-
stead of shopping for dis-
counts."
Seeds from certain crops
stay viable longer than oth-

ers. Samples of the so-called
"New Mexico Cave Beans"
were successfully germi-
nated after 1,500 years of
dormancy They did so well
that some commercial grow-
ers added them to their
product lines.
"Old seed is fine to plant
in most cases by home gar-
deners," said Bill McDor-
man, founder and president
of the Seeds Trust Inc., in
Cornville, Ariz. "You don't
get a lower quality plant just
because the seed is old.
That's a misconception. 1
routinely get 90 percent-
plus germination from
tomato seeds that are over
10 years old."
Hard, round seeds seem
to last longest, he said.
"Generally, onion and chive
(seeds) are among the first
to die off. But I've planted
onion seeds five years old or

Woodcarving show

slated for Dec. 4

S* to the Ch'ro"icf

The Nature Coast Carving
Club will have its 13th an-
nual Woodcarving Show at
the Citrus County Audito-
rium, 3610 S. Florida Ave.,
Inverness, from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4. Unlim-.
ited free parking is avail-
able.
Come see the woodcarv-
ings and wood-carving sup-
plies displayed, and the
many items for sale. If you

are looking for a special
Christmas; gift, this is the
place to find it. Carving
demonstrations will be per-
formed on stage. Free cata-
logs for tools and supplies
will be available until de-
pleted. Approximately 200
carved Christmas tree orna-
ments will be given as door
prizes. You select your fa-
vorite ornament.
Admission at the door is
$2. If you have any questions
call Dave Melton at 5274561.

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more and still got many to
grow."
B. Rosie Lerner, a con-
sumer horticulturist with
Purdue University Exten-
sion, has compiled a
longevity index for many
vegetable and flower seeds.
Expect at least a four-year
life span for beet, cucumber.
lettuce, muskmelon, pump-
kin, radish, squash, tomato,
turnip and watermelon
seeds, Lerner said. That
same four-year-or-more

standard applies to alyssum,
calendula, celosia, di-
anthus, nasturtium, poppy
and zinnia, among annual
flower seeds, she said.
Still, it would be prudent
to do a germination test be-
fore dropping any leftover
seeds into the ground.
"Take a random sample of
10 or 100 seeds some
number that's easy to re-
member- and spread them
out on a paper towel," said
Scott Peterson, owner of'
Hometown Seeds in Orem,
Utah. "Wet the paper towel
thoroughly, roll it up with

the seeds inside, and put it
in an open polyethylene bag
that will let the air circulate
but not the water. Put it
somewhere warm such as
on top of a refrigerator."
Determine the typical
germination time from the
seed supplier or by search-
ing the Internet, he said. If
your test rate is 70 percent
or less, then plant more
densely, using two to three
seeds per hole to get the
yields you want.
"This is a great way to in-
crease success in the gar-
den," Peterson said. "It's

very discouraging to plant a
garden and lose the plant-
ing window to poor germi-
nation."
Proper storage is crucial
to seed viability.
"Keep them as dry as pos-
sible, as cold as possible and
as dark as possible," Peter-
son said. "The lower the
temperature, the better. Re-
frigerators or freezers are
the best storage areas.
"Keeping seeds over one
year is easy Just keep them
out of the sun in a dry place
and they will germinate well
the next year."

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CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE

Vessel sinks: A very old

idea for a new bathroom

Q Every week I look forward to
picking up plumbing tips for
my home. What I need to know
are the ins and outs of picking
out a vessel sink for a bath-
room. I went online thinking
this would be an easy task, but
there was so much information
that I got lost in the shuffle. Can
you please give me some Ed-
friendly, easy-to-understand in- .
formation on vessel sinks? -
Lori, Georgia
A: This is a fun topic, since
vessel sinks have been making -
a big splash in the plumbing -
world recently. First off, these Ed Del
so-called "new style" sinks ac-
tually go way back to the years
when indoor-plumbing systems
were hard to find.
Vessel sinks are reminiscent of wash-
basins and pitchers of water that sat on
vanity countertops. Basically, they look
like large bowls with finished inside and
outside walls. As plumbing progressed, in-
door plumbing became a standard system
in most homes. Vessel sinks changed
shape and were mounted inside our vani-

ties and countertops, or were hung on
walls. Vessel sinks are now the preferred
high-end choice for many bathrooms.
Even though vessel sinks are available
in many styles and materials, I'm going to
focus on the bowl-type styles
and three of the most popular
materials. This will help you
cut through a lot of the clutter
First, we have vitreous china.
China is basically fired clay
coated with a bright glaze. It's
probably the most versatile ma-
terial used for vessel sinks. The
color, style and decorative as-
pects of a china vessel sink can
Grande match up with just about any
bathroom layout and design.
Next we get a little fancy with
thick-glass vessel sinks. Of
course, glass will be translucent
in appearance, creating a deep, rich look,
and can also offer a wide variety of color
choices.
Rounding out my top three is stone. Yes,
sinks cut from an actual block of marble,
creating a totally natural style of vessel

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For current property transac-
tions, use the search features on
the website for the Citrus County
Property Appraiser's Office:
www.pa.citrus.fl.us.

Papago Indian basket a homespun treasure

D ear John: Enclosed of "- ,
are photographs ofa : ;
basket that I bought
as a Papago Indian basket.
The person I bought it from
said it was given to her par-
ents, who had volunteered
on the reservation many
years ago.
I have other Papago bas- "
kets, but not one nearly this John S
large. I would like to know
its value. Thank you for any
information. I enjoy your
newspaper articles. -J.M.,
Homosassa
Dear J.M.: Southwest American Pa-
pago Indian baskets are of' specific
collector interest. Currently I think
the basket would sell below $1,000',
likely in the $300 to $600 range.
Dear John: I was hoping you could
help me with these two items that
were given to me in a box. The pitcher
is an Ott & Brewer and on the bottom
it is marked Ott & Brewer Co. Trenton
New Jersey and also numbered 1525.

S'" The other piece looks
S* i}' like some kind of box that
' could fit a bar of soap.
There are no markings that
Jr .y I could find only three dot-
like markings on the bot-
* tom. Is this piece also an Ott
& Brewer? I was wondering
what these might be worth
and also do you know of any
ikorski collectors that would be in-
terested. K., Internet
Dear K.: The name Ott &
Brewer is widely recog-
nized among collectors of
American ceramics. During its time
the company was regarded as one of'
the finest ceramics producers in the
United States. They started business
in Trenton, New Jersey in 1865 and
continued until 1893. Your brightly
colored pitcher would likely sell in the
$50 to $100 range.
The decorative little dresser box
was likely made within the last. 50
years and was not made by Ott &
Brewer. Potential dollar value is

catch-as-catch-can.
Dear John: Attached are photos of
two silver pieces. I have tried to de-
termine what they are via Internet re-
search, but have not found anything
even similar The only thing I learned
is that they are electroplated nickel
silver
Item one is approximately 4-1/2
inches tall including the knob and 7
inches in diameter including the
curled handles. The markings on the
bottom are Wilcox Quality, then a semi
circle with Wilcox S.P Co., E.PN.S., In-
ternational Co.; beneath that is WM.
Mounts and then the numbers 7750N.
Item two is approximately 7-1/2
inches tall including the knob and 4-
3/4 in diameter at its widest point. The
markings on the bottom are Wallace
5539N E.PN.S. Have you seen items of
this nature? They certainly cannot be
part. ofa cream and sugar set since the
tops are like cut lace. They may be 40
to 60 years old as I found them in a

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Southwest American Papago Indian baskets are of specific
collector interest.

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Potpourris such as this one have been in use for hundreds of
years in various forms and styles. This one and a companion
piece (not pictured) were likely manufactured prior to World
War II.

china cabinet in 2006 at, my
father-in-law's home where
he had lived for 60 years. He
married his first wife in the
late 1930s and second wife in
1947. Do they have any value?
-J.E Hernando
Dear J.P: The items you
have are potpourris. The rea-
son the containers have
open-work lids are in order
for the fragrance of the pot-
pourri to escape. They have
been in use for hundreds of'
years in various forms and
styles. Yours were likely man-
tufactured prior to World War
II. The letters EPNS stand for
electro-plate on nickel silver
There is no specific collector
interest. Potential dollar
value is -. I.,' each. I sug-
gest you purchase bags ofpot-
pourri in a home decor store
and enjoy them.
Dear John: 1 read your ar-
ticles every week in the Cit-
rus County Chronicle. I
would appreciate it if you can
give names and numbers of
dealers interested in my

CITRuI- (; UNT' (1L) ('HRNOIy(:Li

Hummels, some old cameras,
and a hardcover collection of
the Hardy Boys. FJ.S., Cit-
rus Springs
Dear EJ.S.: Current inter-
est in vintage IHummels is
very soft and the outlook for
future collecting interest is
not rosy Many specialty deal-
ers in Humnmel's have disap-
peared as well as Hummel
collecting clubs. Young peo-
ple in their 20s, 30s, and 40s
are generally not interested
in Hummels.
In order to help you with
the cameras, I need to know
manufacturer and model
number There is very little
interest in Hardy Boys books:
prices are very low\:

per person.
An array of artistically
decorated, pre-sold holi-
day trees with varying
themes will be on display
Thursday, Nov. 18, from 2
to 8 p.m.
Admission to the "Tree-
view" is an unwrapped
children's toy or a nonper-
ishable food item.
Entertainment from 4 to
6 p.m. will be provided by
the Citrus High School
Chamber Choir, under the
direction of John Edel.
Seating is limited: Only
a few tickets remain. To
obtain tickets to the char-
itable event, call Barbara
at 795-1395.

Gulf to Lakes Pilot Club
of Citrus County will pres-
ent the annual Parade of
Trees gala charitable
event at Archangel
Michael Greek Orthodox
Church on Friday, Nov. 19.
Festivities start at 5:30
p.m. with a cash bar and
appetizers. followed by a
6:30 p.m. buffet dinner in-
cluding a variety of
desserts. Items donated
for the silent auction will
be exhibited for selection.
A live auction follows
the dinner
Tickets for the
evening's event are $50

Associated Press
Catalog Living creator Molly Erdman poses in her apartment Oct. 28 with props in Los Angeles. Erdman manages a website called Catalog Living, a daily parody of the photos taken
for upscale home catalogs.

Blogs poke fun at over-seriousness of home design and displays in catalogs

THA : :
Associated Press
CHICAGO It started with figs, on a
plate, stashed under a poolside table.
The caption under the photo in the home
design catalog urged readers to "enjoy the

comfort and ease of indoor entertaining
with outdoor sectionals, pillows and acces-
sories."
But Molly Erdman saw something else.
She saw a chance to poke fun at something,
well ... kinda ridiculous.
The actor/comedian sat down at her com-

puter last June and wrote her own caption, overly put-together nature of photos from
"Sweetheart," it said. "the Turners will high-end home accessory catalogs. She got
be here any minute now! Did you put the her start as a comedian with Chicago's Sec-
plate of figs under the table?" ond City and moved to Los Angeles three
. And her blog, "Catalog Living," was born. years ago to pursue an acting and writing
Erdman didn't necessarily set out to cre-
ate a daily parody of the sometimes serious, See CATALC Page E9

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CATALOG
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career You might recognize
her as "the wife in the mini-
van" from a series of popu-
lar TV commercials for the
Sonic restaurant chain.
One night, though, after
she wrote the "fig" caption,
she showed it to her
boyfriend. He laughed.
Then she wrote more cap-
tions and her comedian
friends thought those were
funny, too.
She realized she was on to
something and as her
blog entries multiplied, they
started getting attention
from Facebook fans and
people in the design field.
"I've gotten a lot of e-
mails from catalog photog-
raphers and art directors,"
she says. "They say, 'We al-
ways think what we do is
ridiculous.'
"No one seems to take re-
sponsibility for lining up 30
apples on a table."
This is a reference to the
pieces of fruit or other ob-
jects that show up in odd
places in some of the cata-
log photos. One of Erdman's
favorites showed a rowboat
on a dock filled with pillows.
Her caption: "In her an-
nual end-of-season ritual,
Elaine sent the outdated
summer cushions out to
sea."
This isn't the only website
like this. Another is called
"Unhappy Hipsters: It's
Lonely in the Modern
World." The creator of that
site prefers to remain
anonymous, and thus, did
not return e-mails request-
ing an interview.
That site has a slightly dif-
ferent perhaps darker -
feel, with captions focusing
exclusively on photos from
Dwell magazine. One photo,
for instance, with a man
looking into stacked storage
containers was described
like this on "Unhappy Hip-
sters": "Someday he'd re-
member which pod
contained his sister; until
then, her piercing cries cut
into his practice time."
Another, with an older
man in a modern home li-
brary near a table lined

SUNDm, NOVEMBER 14, 2010 E9

with stones, reads: 'A steady
diet of rocks and reading
had almost reversed the
aging curse."
Earlier this year (before
Erdman started her site),
Los Angeles Times archi-
tecture critic Christopher
Hawthorne called the Hip-
sters site "the most wel-
come addition to the often
self-serious world of archi-
tecture and design in re-
cent memory, not to
mention a pocket of satiri-
cal warmth in the middle of
a soggy, recessionary, earth-
quake-wracked, Martha
Coakley winter."
Could it be true that the
recession has made people
a bit cranky about high-end
design?
Sure, it's possible.
But Gayla Shannon, a de-
signer in Fort Worth, Texas,
thinks every trend also has
a backlash. Maybe it's no
longer trendy to be trendy.
"The positive side of this
phenomenon is that attrac-
tive, slick, well designed
products are affordable
and much more available to
everyone," says Shannon,
who's also an assistant pro-
fessor in the department of
design, merchandising and
textiles at Texas Christian
University.
"The downside is that liv-
ing up to the designer
lifestyle also creates a tran-
sient aesthetic the desire
to have the latest mobile
phone device, television,
kitchen gadget, and discard
the perfectly functional in
favor of newness.
"Fashion conformity has
become extremely attrac-
tive, and conformity is a
great target for satire."
So, yes, she thinks these
sites are funny, too.
And so do a lot of other
people.
Julie Roller, a "Catalog
Living" fan in Wamego,
Kansas, marvels at Erd-
man's ability "to make us
stop and reevaluate some-
thing as simple as cata-
logs." She checks the site
every morning right after
she reads the news online,
and she likens the humor to
the TV show "Seinfeld."
"I just can't get enough of
Gary, Elaine and their
wacky lives!" she says.

Gary and Elaine are the
main fictional "characters"
in Erdman's blog. They're
probably in their 40s, she
says. They seem to have no
jobs, are very wealthy and
have a "ridiculous 1,000-
room house," Erdman says.
"Gary's sort of the bum-
bling fool, and Elaine has
her hands on her hips,
telling him what to do all
the time.
"To me, they are the peo-
ple who live in Pottery
Barn," she says, chuckling.
Gary and Elaine cele-
brate holidays, too.
One recent "Catalog Liv-
ing" entry has a photo of a
tidy to-do list that includes
"DECK THE HALLS" as
one of the things to do.
Erdman's tag line: "Oh,
it's not all holiday spirit
The Halls are our next door
neighbors."
She says she'll keep
doing the blog as long as
she has ideas. There's cer-
tainly enough material
there.
"In my 15 years or so of
being an actor and writer,
I've done many things, and

this was purely for fun -
and it's the thing that gets
the most attention," she

says. you.
"It's a good little life les- "I think people can tell
son: do what entertains that I enjoy doing it."

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Window and patio screens offer a first line of defense

Home Improlvement Nenws Whether a simple cloth draped carefully outside
over the entrance to living quarters-or the intri-
Few home improvement products impact daily cate bronze screen sur-rounding the fanciest
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sizes and shapes and help stop the
spread of dangerous diseases from one
part of the country to another
As designs and innovation enable the
screen industry to be more efficient, of-
fering ever more affordable and avail-
able products, the Screen
Manufacturers Association (SMA), or-
ganized more than 50 years ago, pro-
vides a watchdog operation that
oversees various safety issues sur-
rounding the manufacture and use of
window screens. In addition to their
decades-long child safety labeling pro-
gram: "Kids Can't Fly." the Association
em-barked last year on a program to ex-
pand awareness of the health benefits
of window screens.
A cooperative fifty-state effort
worked with the help of the CDC Cen-
ters for Disease Control, to publicize
and distribute the Screen Manufactur-
ers Association's new "For Health's
Sake" posters at the website
smnainfo.og 41S_sima.pdf
Screens for ventilation and protec-
tion from insects are available for win-
dows, front and back doors. sliding
doors, pet doors and even garage doors.
and when kept in repair or replaced an-

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sink. Stone can really take you way
back to the days of old. especially if
you walk around your bathroom in a
toga.
Keep in mind a few side notes that
you also need to consider with vessel
sinks: Matching countertops. faucets
and extra plumbing labor that are
needed to install this type of sink can
add up, on top of the higher cost of the
sink itself. My recommendation is to
have your plumber price a standard

HERBS
Continued from Page E4

Both Williamson and
Robbins emphasized
that properly identify-
ing a plant before you
use it is critical, as mis-
takes could be danger-
ots and there are often
several species that ap-
pear alike.
Williamson suggested

nually will provide everyone with peace
of mind. Custom or standard screens
are generally available for all areas of
the home where insects can invade.
It is possible to obtain many sizes and
screen mesh with most available in 18
by 16 with wire diameters of .001 inch to
.013 inch. Fiberglass screen will not
shrink, rust or dent, is resilient, easy to
use, and long lasting, standard grade
fiberglass screening is recommended
for windows and doors. Mesh: 18 by 16
wire diameter .011 inch.
Colors vary and standard width is 4
inches through 54 inches in 2-inch in-
crements plus 60 inches. 72 inches, 84
and 96 inches. Roll Length: 100 foot or
600-foot heavy-duty fiberglass screen is
recommended for patio and pool enclo-
sures. Fine mesh screen is proven to be
effective in areas that need protection
from tiny insects commonly referred to
as sand fleas or "no-see-ums."
Fiberglass screen is manufactured
under strict standards to assure that the
colors are consistent and the mesh is
uniform.
Visit www.SMAINFO.org for a full
history of the industry. their products
and ready contact information.

lavatory sink for your bathroom, along
with an upgrade price for a vessel sink
Then. if you can swing it, go for the ves-
sel. If not. stay inside your budget with
a sink that stays inside your vanity.

Master Contractor Plumber Ed Del
Grande is known internationally as
the author of the book "Ed Del
Grande's House Call" and tbfor hosting
TV shows on Scripps Networks and
HGCTVPro.com. For more
intbration. visit eddelgrande.comn or
write eddelgrande(@hgt pro. conm.
Always consult local contractors
and codes.

that people new to me-
dicinal herbs plant just
one or two and learn a
lot about them before
moving on to new ones,
and she advocated
learning local plants
rather than those that
don't grow here natu-
rally.
Plants should be pur-
chased from local nurs-
eries, grown from seed
or taken from private
property with permis-

sion. Williamson said.
because public lands
prohibit taking plants
for landscaping pur-
poses. Parts of medici-
nal plants may be
harvested from public
lands with a permit
from the agency respon-
sible for that land. such
as the Bureau of Land
Management or the For-
est Service: contact the
agency for its rules and
regulations.

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or discrimination based
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such preference, limita-
tion or discrimination."
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and people securing
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available on an equal
opportunity basis. To
complain of discrimina-
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stuck the handle of the dusting
stick through the hole in the
broom's handle at a right angle.
Instant ceiling-fan duster that cost
us $0! I was so psyched I went
through the living room, taking
down all the cobwebs.
Not only is the living room full
of boxes of books, so you can't get
at the ceiling easily, but this is a
post-and-beam house, so the ceil-
ing is high. And I managed to get
down a lot of them! Bye bye cob-
webs! -Judi, New Hampshire
REUSE COFFEE CANISTER:
We use a large plastic coffee can
for a "lights out" canister In one of
the taller Folgers cans, we put
these items inside: a small flash-
light, extra batteries, votive can-
dles and small holders, a lighter
and a small wind-up radio. My
husband then attached the can to

WELCOME HOME to
this move-in condition,
well maintained home in . .
Citrus Spdngs, Freshly
painted and newer ceiling ,
fans and appliances.,
including washer & dryer
Pull down attic stairs, in
garage for extra storage space. Relax on your 12 x 12 covered
patio with a private backyard selling. Plenty of room for a pool!
Priced to sell., bring us an offer! MLS #345228.
Directions: Hwy. 491 to North on Deltona, right on North
Citrus Springs Blvd., right on Anson, left on Sandree, right
on Jourden, left on Loretta. 2nd home on right.
GARY AYRES 352-527-1112

the wall in the laundry/pantry
room off the main room. In the
event we lose power, we will not
have to root around for candles,
lighter, batteries or a flashlight.
This happened to us once late at
night, and finding those things
while in total darkness was not
fun. It's also helped when we've
had sitters at the house. We show
them where it is, and it has been
used more than once. (Unfortu-
nately we're in an area that loses
power a lot!) No matter how dark
it is, all I have to do is find the
pantry door, and the can is just in-
side on the right-hand wall. -
M.K., e-mail
CLEAN SHOWER DOOR: I
clean my glass shower door with
1/2 cup white vinegar to a 1/2 gal-
lon of water. Sponge it down,
squeegee it clean. No scrubbing.
The vinegar dissolves the soap
scum on contact. I have new
brushed-nickel hardware and
cannot use any commercial
cleaner on the finish, so I use the

vinegar/water solution to clean
the hardware and dry/buff with a
clean, lint-free cloth. -C.H., e-
mail
BURN REMEDY: You can slice
potatoes thin and lay them on the
burned area. This also works for
burns in the kitchen. I have used
this many times and even on bad
grease splatters. Never got a blis-
ter. If the potatoes have been in
the fridge, it feels even better. Just
keep them on until the stinging
stops, and then rinse off the po-
tato-starch residue. Karen,
Texas

MEN

The top tip I get is for cutting
dryer sheets in half. Using them
twice ranks second. Many people
don't use dryer sheets. They pre-
f'er liquid fabric softener; vinegar;
a combination of vinegar, baking
soda and water: cheap hair condi-
tioner; Charlie's Soap; or none at
all. If you do use dryer sheets, you

can reserve some to use around
the house or reuse a few, too.
Here's how.
CLEANING: Reuse them to
dust and clean around your house.
Dust furniture, blinds or ceil-
ing fans, or use or reuse them to
clean faucets, tile, tubs, shower
doors, sinks, mirrors and win-
dows.
They work well to help you
clean your dryer lint trap. Use one
dry, and if lint remains, run under
water and scrub the screen clean
with the dryer sheet.
They can help remove gum in
your dryer Use a wet fabric sof-
tener dryer sheet (hot water) and
Spray 'N Wash. Let the dryer sheet
set on the gum for a while before
trying to scrub it off.
You can use a green scrub pad
or a Mr Clean Magic eraser if it re-
quires a bit more elbow grease to
get it all off.
Reuse one to remove deodor-
ant marks on your shirts by rub-
bing the sheet on the clothing
quickly and gently Pantyhose
work well, too.
Use a wet one to remove bugs
from the windshield, or tar from
the bumper or grate of your car,
quickly.
Reuse them as Swiffer pads to
help you remove pet hair on your
floors.
Stash a couple in your mani-
cure kit to remove nail polish.
Use new dryer sheets to clean
your iron or curling iron. Heat ap-
pliances on a low setting and iron
the dryer sheet. If this doesn't
work well enough, shut the appli-
ance off and wait for it to cool.
Wet the sheet and with a little
elbow grease, the iron(s) will come
clean.
Have a pan that has baked-on
and stuck-on food, such as a
scrambled egg or lasagna pan?

Put a dryer sheet in the pan with
hot water and let it sit overnight.
No scrubbing is needed. Be sure
to wash it thoroughly.
AIR FRESHENER: Put a sheet
in a linen closet, a suitcase when
traveling, sneakers, the trunk of
your car, in your trash can under
the bag, at the bottom of your
clothes hamper, in your vacuum
bag, tucked inside a toilet paper
roll or around the holder, etc., to
keep odors at bay.
LINE A POT: Reuse a couple of
dryer sheets in the bottom of a
plant pot to prevent soil from
falling out. Water can still drain
through.
WALLPAPER-REMOVAL
HELP: Wet new dryer sheets
down, apply to scored wallpaper,
and scrub and peel the wallpaper
off. Continue to wet the sheet with
hot water as you work. Be sure to
cover your floors to protect them
from the residue that is hard to re-
move from floors and carpeting.
Results may vary depending on
the type of wallpaper and glue
that is being removed.
PEST DETERRENT: From
mosquitoes to rodents, dryer
sheets will repel bugs and critters.
Tuck a sheet into your sock or
back pocket when you're outside,
or add a few inside a car hood (re-
move before driving), or inside a
boat or camper that's parked out-
side.

Sara Noel is the owner of F'ugal
Village (wwvfrugalvillage. corn),
a Web site that offers practical.
money-saving strategies for
everyday living To send tips.
comments or questions. write to
Sara Noel. co United Media, 200
Madison Ave.. 4th Floor New
York, NY 10016, or e-mail
sara (C'frugalvillage. corn.

Timeshare owners to meet Nov. 28

Special to the Chronicle

The Florida Timeshare Owners
Group will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 28, at the Pelican Pointe Golf
& Country Club, in Venice.
Attorney Keith Stephenson, di-
rector of Government Affairs,
ARDA, will discuss the current
legal issues on timeshare resales.
Scott Riddle, president of Trading
Times, will discuss the various
rental and resale options now
available, as well as maintenance
fes,and special assessmipgnt Js,,

Q I have a brick wall
around my patio and
I'm noticing the bricks
are starting to fall
apart. At first there was a white
powder on the face of the bricks
and then the bricks started to
flake apart. What is causing this
and what can be done to prevent
it?
A: Bricks used for residential
construction are usually installed
as a veneer over a wood or steel
stud wall.
Since the bricks allow some
water penetration, the installers
create a drainage plane between
the backside of the brick and the

frame of the home.
Any water that enters f
the cavity drains out
through openings at the
base of the wall.
In some cases, for ex-
ample at a chimney, a <
drainage plane cannot
be created and water
collects in the openings
or gaps in the bricks. As Dw
the water migrates to
the surface of the brick
it evaporates, leaving _:_"
behind a whitish
residue called efflorescence.
If' the water migrates and
lects under the surface of

ight
MO

brick, freezing weather
can cause the face of'
the brick to flake off.
This process is called
S spelling and can be
seen on garden walls,
S chimneys, parapet
Swalls and under win-
dows.
The problem with
garden or patio walls is
Barnett there is usually no
-ss drainage plane for the
bricks. Water enters
through the top of the
wall or through stones or concrete
caps for the walls and collects in-
side the bricks.

Here are some suggestions for
repairs from The Brick Industry
Association:
1. Remove failed sealant and
clean, prime and replace with an
appropriate grade of elastomeric
sealant at all windows, copings,
sills, expansion joints and be-
tween brick masonry and other
materials.
2. Repoint the incompletely
filled, cracked or disintegrated
mortar joints.
3. Remove and replace brick
with spalled faces or cracks ex-
tending through the face shell.
4. Grout surface of separations
between the brick units and the

mortar.
The association also suggests a
colorless coating to prevent water
absorption, but only after all of the
above have been tried.
For more information: www.go
brick.com/html/frmset_thnt.htm.

Dwight Barnett is a certified
master inspector with the
American Society of Home
Inspectors. Write to him with
home improvement questions at
C. Dwight Barnett, Evansville
Courier & Press, PO. Box 286,
Evansville, Ind. 47702 or e-mail
him at d.Barnett ifinsightbb. com.

* \Watch for Real Estate Digest to retLurn
in next Sunday's Home Front section.

1626 N. BOWMAN TERR.
$549,000
Large executive home in Hampton Hills Huge
master suite has air extra room w/it s own full
bath. perfect as aii exercise in nursery or office.
Continuous hot water in master suite Granite in
kRichen
Directions: Rte 486 to right on Essex, to right
on Albany to left on Bowman, to home on right.
Leo Smith 352-746-0744 MLS #345363

309 S. BARBOUR ST.
$79,900
2/2/2 Imperial Executive model with family
room and a 17x18 screen room. Home presents a
spacious floor plan. This is a great value even in
today's market New roof in 1998 and carpeting
in 20060744 M
352-746-0744 MLS #345619

4944 N. GOLDWOOD TERRY.
$249,900
Beautiful 3/2.5/2 plus office. Home was built
in 2003 and is located on a corner lot in
prestigious Pine Ridge Estates. This home is a
must see. Call today.
352-746-0744 MLS #345578

-'-- 1 t w S'- I\*.
156 E. GLASSBORO CT.
13-6A
$55,000
Now is the time to buy this lovely upstairs unit
in Citrus Hills. Priced to sell, well cared for and
ready for a new owner.
352-746-0744 MIS #344656

WOW $105,000 for a
Commercial/Residential home.
2,365 SF of air conditioned space, 3/2 with a
large office and bathroom. This would be a
great place to operate a home based business
out of like a CPA, or hair salon, located in
Homosassa and close to everything!
MLS #344770
Call Quade Feeser 352-302-7699

* Country beauty with city convenience!
* 4/2 Doublewide, workshop, fam. rm. w/fpl..
* Large living room and island eat-in kitchen.
* Adjacent to the forest!
* Two raised decks, back one is roofed.
* Close to shopping, schools.
MLS #345078 $59,900.
Call Doris Miner for appt. 352-726-6668

$87,900 WATERFRONT!
Estate sale. Diamond in the rough! Older
waterfront home needs a facelift. City water,
new air conditioning, Terrazzo flooring,
carport. Opportunity to buy waterfront in nice
neighborhood and make it your own!
Call Mary Parsons 352-534-1273
Directions: 44E to right on Westlake Drive. to right on
S. Cove Walk, to right on S. Mooring Drive, home on right

SOUTH POINTE. 3/2/2 split plan has caged
inground pool with pocket doors to lanai for
the most awesome waterfront view of the
open Floral City lakefront, great landscaping.
$299,900
Call Ruth Frederick 1-352-563-6866

$60,000 Settle this estate! Very large
home on oversized lot in Beverly Hills. Tons
of square footage good bones, needs work.
Call Mary Parsons 352-634-1273
Directions: Forest Ridge to left on
Roosevelt, to left on Harrison.

FOREST AND WATERFRONT: is what you will
get if you buy this custom-built builder home.
3/3 with possible in-law setup, workshop
and hot tub room, on small lake with
Withlacoochee River access, abuts the forest.
$189,900
Call Ruth Frederick 1-352- 563-6866

7.5 ACRES IN INVERNESS
Ready for you to come build your house and
enjoy country living at its finest. This would
make a great little farm, paved road frontage
at on 2 ends. Make an offer!! MLS#341870
PRICED TO SELL AT $39,900
Call Quade Feeser 352-302-7699